Tuesday, October 12, 2010

IntLawGrrls

IntLawGrrls

'Nuff said

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 02:30 AM PDT

(Taking context-optional note of thought-provoking quotes)

'I think eventually they will join us ... probably not within the first administration of the present president, but some years later I hope.'
Judge Sang-hyun Song of South Korea, President of the International Criminal Court, in response to a question regarding the prospects for eventual U.S. ratification of the ICC treaty. Song made the comment last week during an interview with Reuters reporter Adrian Croft. (credit for 2009 photo of Song by Sofía Moro for El País, part of a superb series of photoessays on ICC judges)

On October 12

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:04 AM PDT

On this day in ...
... 1998, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization issued its report in a case brought by India, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Thailand, entitled United States - Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products. The suit concerned a U.S. decision to restrict the importation of shrimp harvested by means that the United States determined risked undue "incidental taking" of endangered species of sea turtles. (credit for U.S. government photo of turtle escaping net thanks to the requisite TED device) The WTO Appellate Body interpreted Article XX of GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that governed the dispute, which permits countries to take certain actions that might limit trade in order to "protect...animal...life or health," or to "conserv[e]...exhaustible natural resources." The precise actions of the United States, though they fell within these exceptions, nevertheless were held in violation of the Article XX prohibition on "arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail."

(Prior October 12 posts are here, here, and here.)
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