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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2005 Vol NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2005 Vol. 18, No. 2 Articles New Rules for a New War: The Applicability of the Geneva Conventions to Al-Qaeda and Taliban Detainees Captured in Afghanistan Brett Shumate .......................................................................................................1 The Bells of Hell: An Assessment of the Sinking of ANR General Belgrano in the Context of the Falklands Conflict Saad Gu..............................................................................................................81 Fine Artists' Resale Royalty Right Should Be Enacted in the United States Katreina Eden...................................................................................................121 Recent Decisions Nuevo Mundo Holdings v. Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP ............................159 United States courts lack subject-matter jurisdiction where no material conduct, substantial effects or intended, reprehended conduct on imports or exports occurs in the United States. The United States also lacks personal jurisdiction where a defendant has no minimum contacts with the forum state and where it is unreasonable to assert jurisdiction over the foreign defendant. Gitter v. Gitter ..................................................................................................169 The Second Circuit adopts a new standard for determining "habitual residence" under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. A court should inquire into (1) the shared intent of the parties entitled to fix the child's residence, usually the parents, at the latest time their intent was shared, and (2) whether the facts unequivocally show that the child has acclimatized to the new location and thus has acquired a new habitual residence. Phoenix Aktiengesellschaft v. Ecoplas, Inc......................................................175 Defense that the foreign arbitration provision did not provide for consent to judicial confirmation pur- suant to section 9 of the Federal Arbitration Act was rejected. Section 207 of the N.Y. Constitution, which preempts section 9, does away with the consent requirement for confirmation under the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain ..................................................................................179 The United States Supreme Court eliminated the "headquarters doctrine" from the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and stated that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) is not solely jurisdictional. Claims can be brought under it in extremely limited circumstances, for which the Supreme Court did not provide guidance to the District Courts. Firstland International, Inc. v. INS..................................................................189 In Firstland International, Inc. v. INS, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that approval of a petition for an immigrant visa cannot be revoked if the applicant was already in the United States when the petition was approved. NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION Published with the assistance of St. John’s University School of Law NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2005 Vol. 18, No. 2 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION © 2005 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION OFFICERS—2005 Chair ..............................................................Robert J. Leo, Meeks & Sheppard 330 Madison Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10017-5002 Chair-Elect ....................................................John F. Zulack, Flemming, Zulack & Williamson, LLP One Liberty Plaza, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10006-1404 Vice-Chairs ............................. Mark H. Alcott, Paul, Weiss, et al. Joyce M. Hansen, Federal Reserve Bank of NY 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 33 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10045 Marco A. Blanco, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost et al. Allen E. Kaye, Law Offices of Allen E. Kaye, PC 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178 111 Broadway, Suite 1304, New York, NY 10006 John E. Blyth Steven C. Krane, Proskauer Rose LLP 1115 Midtown Tower, Rochester, NY 14604 1585 Broadway, Room 1778, New York, NY 10036 Prof. Sydney M. Cone, III, New York Law School Leonard V. Quiqley, Paul, Weiss, et al. 57 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 Charles Corwin Coward, Uria & Menendez Abogados Eduardo Ramos-Gomez, Duane Morris LLP Diagonal, 514, 08006 Barcelona, Spain 380 Lexington Avenue, 48th Floor, New York, NY 10168 David W. Detjen, Alston & Bird, LLP Saul L. Sherman 90 Park Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016-1302 PO Box 820, 221 Mecox Road, Water Mill, NY 11976 Kathryn Bryk Friedman Lorraine Power Tharp, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP 51 Lancaster Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222 One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12260 Executive Vice-Chair ......................................Oliver J. Armas, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP Two World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281 Secretary ........................................................Calvin A. Hamilton, Monereo, Meyer & Marinel-lo C/ Bárbara De Braganza 11, 2°- , Madrid, 28004, Spain Assistant Secretary .........................................Joyce M. Hansen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045 Tre a s u re r .........................................................Lawrence E. Shoenthal, Weiser LLP 135 West 50th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10020 Immediate Past Chair.....................................Paul M. Frank, Alston & Bird LLP 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Delegates to the NYSBA James P. Duffy, III, Berg & Duffy, LLP House of Delegates.........................................3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 1W02, Lake Success, NY 11042 Paul M. Frank, Alston & Bird LLP 90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016 Kenneth A. Schultz, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke 230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169 Alternate Delegate..........................................John Hanna, Jr., Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12260 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Advisory Board Chair .........................Ronald D. Greenberg, New York, New York David Buxbaum Frank Fine Monica Petraglia McCabe Guangzhou, China Brussels, Belgium New York, New York Nishith M. Desai Prof. Michael W. Gordon Sven Papp Bombay, India Gainesville, Florida Stockholm, Sweden Michael P. Drzal Larry D. Johnson Charles A. Patrizia Richmond, Virginia New York, New York Washington, D.C. Siegfried H. Elsing Prof. Majid Khadduri Saud M.A. Shawwaf Dusseldorf, Germany Washington, D.C. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Christian Emmeluth Clifford Larsen Koji Takeuchi London, England Paris, France Tokyo, Japan Dr. Alfred S. Farha Kenneth Cang Li Samuel Xiangyu Zhang Zurich, Switzerland New York, New York Washington, D.C. NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief..........Lester Nelson New York, NY Executive Editor .............................Alan J. Hartnick Article Editors (continued) ..............Myron J. Laub New York, NY Clifton, NJ Recent Decisions Silvia Madrid Editor ..............................................Peter W. Schroth New York, NY Glastonbury, CT Marisa A. Marinelli Article Editors ................................Alistair F. Bird New York, NY New York, NY George K. Miller Charles Davidson New York, NY New York, NY Michael C. Neus Philip D. Gershuny New York, NY New York, NY Joseph J. Saltarelli Joseph S. Kaplan New York, NY New York, NY David Serko Robert Kestelik New York, NY Houston, TX Shane H. Sutton Prof. Cynthia C. New York, NY Lichtenstein Jacob R. Wyatt Newton Center, MA Washington, D.C. Student Editorial Board St. John’s University School of Law Editor-in-Chief ..........Natasha Turner Managing Editor .........Christina Tsesmelis Associate Managing Editor ........Cristina Buitron Executive Articles Editor ................Laura Paris Executive Notes & Associate Articles Editor..................K.C. Cha Comments Editor ...........................Natalie Friedenthal Associate Articles Editor .................Erica Dziedzic Associate Notes & Executive Research Editor ..............Joseph Sorrentino Comments Editor ...........................Tara Lupoli Symposium Editor ..........................Luciana Reali Associate Notes & Comments Editor ...........................Kelly McMahon Staff Roman Avshalumov Andrew Kepple Daniel Biegelman Vinny Lee Nicola Carpenter Jefferey LeMaster Richard Elem Adam Lerman Meghan Flaherty Tisha Magsino Ariana Gambella Robert Maher Christina Gardner James Morgan Steven Gauthier Raasheja Page Christine Geier Megan Philbin Charles Giudice Yakov Pyetranker Jesse Grasty Andrea Rodriguez Daniel Gravel Brooke Skolnik David Gross Curtis Young Reynald Janairo Faculty Advisor: Professor Charles Biblowit INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION COMMITTEES Asian Pacific Law................... Lawrence A. Darby, III International Estate (212) 836-8235 and Trust Law........................ Michael W. Galligan Junji Masuda (212) 841-0572 (212) 258-3333 International Human Awards ................................... Jonathan I. Blackman Rights .................................... Arthur L. Galub (212) 225-2000 (212) 595-4598 Michael M. Maney Rachel L. Kaylie (212) 558-3800 (212) 406-7387 Lauren D. Rachlin International Intellectual (716) 848-1460 Property Protection ............... Gerald J. Ferguson Saul L. Sherman (212) 589-4238 (631) 537-5841 L. Donald Prutzman
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