NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Winter 2009 Vol. 22, No. 1 Articles China’s One-child Policy and Its Violations of Women’s and Children’s Rights Ying Chen .............................................................................................................1 From Shrimps and Dolphins to Retreaded Tyres: An Overview of the World Trade Organization Disputes, Discussing Exceptions to Trading Rules Colm Patrick McInerney ...................................................................................153 Who Says Muslim Women Don’t Have the Right to Divorce?—A Comparison Between Anglo-American Law and Islamic Law Kathleen A. Portuan Miller ...............................................................................201 Recent Decisions Blacklink Transport Consultants Pty Ltd. v. Von Summer ..............................249 The Supreme Court, New York County, granted the plaintiff’s motion to recog nize and enforce an Australian judgment, where the process through which the judgment was obtained did not violate due process or New York public policy. Macromex SRL v. Globex International, Inc. .................................................255 The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, confirmed an arbitration decision award- ing damages for breach of a contract governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, in which the arbitrator relied in part on provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Omollo v. Citibank, N.A. ................................................................................ 261 The United States District Court held that the action by a Kenyan plaintiff who lived in South Africa and worked for Citibank, N.A., in South Africa; and who alleged that he was coerced into two employ- ment contracts with Citibank, was governed under the laws of South Africa, and plaintiff could not pursue the case in New York. Medellín v. Texas .............................................................................................267 The Supreme Court of the United States held that the International Court of Justice’s decision in the Avena case was not binding as federal law and, therefore, the Texas court was not required to review petitioner’s habeas corpus petition. The Court also found that the President’s memorandum requiring the states to com ply with Avena was not independently enforceable. ^ Tsirlin v. Tsirlin ...............................................................................................277 ^ The New York Supreme Court denied^ defendant’s motion to dismiss and permit ted plaintiff’s action for a judgment of civil divorce, holding that the divorce issued by a Rabbinical Court in Israel, on the basis of a Get obtained by the parties from a religious tribunal in Brooklyn, is void under New York law. NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION Published with the assistance of St. John’s University School of Law NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Winter 2009 Vol. 22, No. 1 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION © 2009 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 (print) ISSN 1933-849X (online) INTERNATIONAL SECTION Vice-Chair/Membership Joyce M. Hansen, Federal Reserve Bank of New York OFFICERS—2009 33 Liberty St., Legal Group, 7th Floor Chair New York, NY 10045 Michael W. 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