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作者：Galbraith, Jean
摘要：The Trump administration has continued its efforts to restrict immigration through a series of measures designed to limit the availability of asylum in the United States and to promote increased immigration enforcement in Mexico. In July of 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) promulgated an interim final rule disqualifying asylum applicants who transited through third countries without seeking protection in those countries. This rule immediately ...
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作者：Galbraith, Jean
摘要：In the face of rising tensions between Iran and the United States, some members of Congress have urged the Trump administration to clarify whether it believes it has congressional authorization to use force against Iran. In June of 2019, the U.S. State Department issued a letter stating that it had not to date interpreted either the 2001 or the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001 AUMF and 2002 AUMF, respectively) as authorizing military force against Iran, except as may be neces...
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作者：Galbraith, Jean
摘要：On June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in a case in which the D.C. Circuit held that the United States could continue to detain an individual at Guantanamo Bay until the cessation of the hostilities that justified his initial detention, notwithstanding the extraordinary length of the hostilities to date. The case, Al-Alwi v. Trump, arises from petitioner Moath Hamza Ahmed Al-Alwi's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the legality of his continued detention at the Un...
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作者：Keitner, Chimene I.; Dodson, Scott
摘要：In Jam v. International Finance Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (IOIA) affords international organizations (IOs) the same immunity from suit in U.S. courts that foreign governments currently enjoy under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), which codifies the restrictive theory of foreign sovereign immunity. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) had argued that the IOIA, which grants international organizations...
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作者：Le Moli, Ginevra
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC
摘要：On April 8, 2016, the Egyptian government announced the signing of a Convention of Demarcation of the Maritime Border with Saudi Arabia (Convention). Under the Convention, the Red Sea Islands of Tiran and Sanafir lay in Saudi territory. The move was perceived by foreign and domestic observers as the abandonment by Egypt of a long-held territorial and maritime claim in exchange for a loan from Saudi Arabia, and it was challenged before the Egyptian courts. On January 16, 2017, the Egyptian Supr...
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作者：Hioureas, Christina G.; Chemburkar, Shrutih Tewarie
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作者：Weiner, Allen S.
作者单位：Stanford University
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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...
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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...
