Georgetown Journal of International Law articles from January 1 2009

Georgetown Journal of International Law archives from January 1 2009

Stopping genocide through international agreement when the Security Council fails to act.
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION Despite the development of positive, explicit and clearly applicable international law, including the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), (1) the United Nations...

Can tax policy stop human trafficking?
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION The total number of victims who are held in captivity to perform forced labor at any one time is estimated to be as high as twenty-seven million. (1) That would be equivalent to every man, woman, and child in the states of...

The ambiguous protection of schools under the law of war - time for parity with hospitals and religious buildings.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION A disturbing trend during recent armed conflicts is that states tend to treat school buildings less respectfully than they treat hospitals and religious buildings. One important cause of this trend is the different privileged...

"A fair game"? Of law and politics in China, and the "sensitive" case of democracy activist Yang Jianli.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION In April 2002, democracy activist Yang Jianli, a Chinese citizen and U.S. permanent resident, returned to China using a friend's passport. (1) The Chinese government had "blacklisted" Yang after his involvement in the 1989...

A question of determinacy: the legal status of anticipatory self-defense.
January 1, 2009... TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND A. The Concept and Principles of Self-Defense B. Classifying and Clarifying Self-Defense Terms C. Customary International Law and Its Emergent Capacity ...

The future of genocide suits at the International Court of Justice: France's role in Rwanda and implications of the Bosnia v. Serbia decision.
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION On August 5, 2008, the government of Rwanda released a report that documented the alleged role of France in the Rwandan genocide. While members of the international community, including the United Nations and leading...

Implementing the new international health regulations: the role of the WTO's Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement.
January 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION It started with just three cases, but by July 21, 2008, close to thirteen hundred people had become ill from Salmonella poisoning. (1) The Food and Drug Administration initially believed raw tomatoes to be the carrier of the...

Power through process: an administrative law framework for United Nations legislative resolutions.
January 1, 2009... "To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum...