作者：Galbraith, Jean
摘要：The Arctic Council convened for the eleventh time in early May 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland, for a two-day conference. On May 7, the Arctic Council released a Joint Ministerial Statement that affirmed the desire of the eight member states to work together to face upcoming challenges but made no substantive commitments and no mention of climate change. In remarks to the Council, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed wariness about collective decision making and warned against potential effects...
作者：Galbraith, Jean
摘要：On July 8, 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo established a Commission on Unalienable Rights. The Commission will provide the Secretary of State advice and recommendations concerning international human rights matters horizontal ellipsis [and] provide fresh thinking about human rights discourse where such discourse has departed from our nation's founding principles of natural law and natural rights. The Commission has an initial two-year mandate. Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns tha...
作者：Criddle, Evan J.; Fox-Decent, Evan
作者单位：William & Mary; William & Mary; McGill University
摘要：This Article challenges the conventional wisdom that states are always free to choose whether to participate in multilateral regimes. International law often mandates multilateralism to ensure that state laws and practices are compatible with sovereign equality and joint stewardship. The Article maps mandatory multilateralism's domain, defines its requirements, and examines its application to three controversies: the South China Sea dispute, the United States' withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Ag...
