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The 1988 Icao And Imo Conferences: An International Consensus Against Terrorism, Phillipe Kirsch Apr 1989

The 1988 Icao And Imo Conferences: An International Consensus Against Terrorism, Phillipe Kirsch

Dalhousie Law Journal

In February and March 1988, two diplomatic conferences were convened under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter referred to as "ICAO") and the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred to as "IMO") respectively, to develop new instruments aimed at preventing and punishing terrorist acts not covered by previous conventions. On 21 February, the ICAO Conference adopted by consensus the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, Done at Montreal on 23 September 1971 (hereinafter …


United States V. Palestine Liberation Organization: Continued Confusion In Congressional Intent And The Hierarchy Of Norms, Andrew R. Horne Jan 1989

United States V. Palestine Liberation Organization: Continued Confusion In Congressional Intent And The Hierarchy Of Norms, Andrew R. Horne

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Note concludes that while the court's rationale is disingenuous and misleading, the final decision was an appropriate reaffirmation of the importance which American jurisprudence places on international obligations. In Part One, this Note discusses whether the dispute resolution provisions of the Headquarters Agreement precluded the district court's jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter of this case. Part Two examines the constitutional hierarchy of the ATA and the Headquarters Agreement to determine which should govern this dispute. If the court had concluded that it lacked jurisdiction, the case would have been dismissed from the U.S. court system, leaving the …