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Category Archives: Treaty Law
The First Bathymetric Chart of the East China Sea
Yesterday I came across a copy of the earliest bathymetric chart of the Pacific Ocean, which was made by the German geographer Augustus Petermann in 1877. The image to the left zooms in on the portion of the map that … Continue reading
Posted in Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, Treaty Law, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Senkaku Islands, Treaty of Shimonoseki, 尖閣諸島
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Syria and the Arms Trade Treaty
In this post, I want to evaluate the link between two contemporary foreign policy issues that are generally viewed as unrelated. The first is ongoing U.S. military assistance to Syrian rebels. As Reuters reported last week, the United States is … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade Treaty, International Law, Treaty Law
Tagged Arms Trade Treaty, Syria
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The Drafting History of the Treaty of Shimononseki
One of the many contested issues in the sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands is whether China ceded title to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. In this post, I’ll briefly explain the competing textual arguments under the … Continue reading
Posted in International Law, Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands, Treaty Law, 尖閣諸島
Tagged Diaoyu Islands, Senkaku Islands, Treaty of Shimonoseki, 尖閣諸島, 下関条約
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Video: Chemical Weapons in International Law
I recently appeared on International Focus, a local public television program that covers current events in international affairs. The host and I talked about legal issues related to the use of chemical weapons, including historical efforts to prohibit use, some of … Continue reading
UN Immunity in the Haitian Cholera Litigation
Two days ago, victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti filed a class action in the Southern District of New York against the United Nations, the UN Secretary-General, and the former head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (“MINUSTAH”). … Continue reading
The U.S. also Violates an International Norm Against Chemical Weapons
Lost in the ongoing debate about Syria is a rather startling irony: while the Administration argues that intervention is necessary to enforce global norms against chemical weapons, the United States stands in material breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the … Continue reading
Posted in International Law, Treaty Law
Tagged Chemical Weapons Convention, CWC, Syria
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Litigation Over the U.S. Role in the Iranian Coup
Yesterday Iran’s parliament approved a bill requiring the Iranian government to sue the United States in international court for orchestrating the 1953 coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh. Given the timing, I’m guessing that the National Security Archive prompted this move by … Continue reading
Japan’s Vulnerability Under the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
Many have noted that the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security could pull the United States into the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands by obligating the United States to come to Japan’s defense … Continue reading
The Arms Trade Treaty: A Response to the Second Amendment Critique
In my last post on the Arms Trade Treaty, I explained some of the latest draft’s basic features, including restrictions on the ability of states-parties to import and export a variety of conventional arms. In this post I’ll share a few … Continue reading
Posted in Arms Trade Treaty, Foreign Affairs Constitution, Treaty Law
Tagged Arms Trade Treaty, Second Amendment
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Thoughts on the Arms Trade Treaty
Last week, the United States announced its support for U.N. efforts to develop a new treaty regulating international trade in conventional arms. The terms are still far from settled, but draft provisions from a U.N. review conference last summer provide a rough … Continue reading
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