The Application of Regional Human Rights Law Beyond Regional Frontiers: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and US Activities in Iraq
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North America
Hurricane Katrina and Internally Displaced Persons
Victims of hurricane Katrina are internally displaced persons, not refugees
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Alleged CIA Kidnapping of Muslim Cleric in Italy
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The U.S. Opens Salvo at the WTO in the Airbus-Boeing Dispute
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WTO Softens Earlier Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet Gambling, but Confirms Broad Reach into Sensitive Domestic Regulation
As was widely expected, on April 7, 2005, the WTO Appellate Body substantially reversed an earlier Panel decision condemning a US ban on internet gambling.[1]
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The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Subsidies
On March 3, 2005, the WTO Appellate Body (AB) issued a landmark decision[1] interpreting key WTO provisions on agricultural subsidies and upholding a prior panel ruling finding various US cotton subsidies to be WTO illegal. In September 2004 the panel, in a challenge by Brazil, had ruled that various US agricultural programs constituted illegal subsidies under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, the Agreement on Agriculture and Article XVI of the GATT 1994.[2]
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President Bush's Determination Regarding Mexican Nationals and Consular Convention Rights
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Nuclear Bunker-Busters and Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Bush administration's proposed budget for FY 2006 contains appropriation lines for resuming research on the nuclear bunker-buster. This proposal is likely to renew the heated debate within the United States over the role and shape of U.S. nuclear forces. It also raises an important legal issue: does this research cause the United States to run afoul of its disarmament obligations under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)?
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Supreme Court Limits Holding in Bond, Not Reaching Constitutional Treaty Implementation Authority
On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its second decision in Bond v.
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Sealing the Deal: The WTO’s Appellate Body Report in EC – Seal Products
Introduction
On May 22, 2014, the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Appellate Body (AB) issued its report in the EC – Seal Products dispute.[1] The decision arose from complaints by Canada and Norway against a legislative scheme adopted by the European Union (EU) in 2009 to prohibit the importation and marketing of seal products (EU Seal Regime).[2]
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