New York International Law Review Fall 2020 (Vol. 33, No. 2)
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VOL. 33, NO. 2 FALL 2020 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Non Profit Org. INTERNATIONAL SECTION U.S. Postage One Elk Street, Albany, N. Y. 12207-1002 PAID Albany, N.Y. Permit No. 155 New York International Law Review NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page i Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Fall 2020 Vol. 33, No. 2 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION © 2021 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 (print) ISSN 1933-849X (online) frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page ii Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page iii Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTES The International Labour Organization’s Convention on Violence and Harassment and its Potential Effectiveness in Expanding Legal Protections for Female Garment Factory Workers in Bangladesh and Cambodia ....................................................... 1 Ellie Sage Sheinwald Disability and Immigration: The Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule and International Disability Rights Law ................................................................ 17 Heidi Simpson ARTICLES Wildlife As Culture: Using International Human Rights Law To Protect Global Biodiversity ........................................................................................................... 39 Tala DiBenedetto Reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Peer Engagement and the Value of a Clear Object and Purpose .................................... 61 Ilias Bantekas RECENT DECISIONS Nahl v. Jaoude ....................................................................................................... 95 Danielle M. Heavey Petróleos De Venezuela S.A. v. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. ..................................... 101 Sean Johannsen Kraiem v. JonesTrading Institutional Servs. LLC.................................................... 109 Matthew T. Callahan The views and opinions expressed in the articles herein are those of the authors and do not nec- essarily reflect the opinions, policies, or positions of the New York State Bar Association or any of its constituent entities, including the NYSBA International Section. frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page iv Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page v Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM INTERNATIONAL SECTION Vice-Chair/CLE Neil A. Quartaro, Cozen O’Connor OFFICERS—2020–21 45 Broadway, 16th Fl. Chair New York, NY 10006-3751 Jay L. Himes, Esq., Labaton Sucharow LLP [email protected] 140 Broadway Vice-Chair/Publications New York, NY 10005-1108 Paul M. Frank [email protected] Bronxville, NY 10708-5917 Chair-Elect/CIO Vice-Chair/Cuba Edward Lenci, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP A. Thomas Levin, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein PC Greenwich, CT 06831-4970 990 Stewart Avenue, Suite 300 [email protected] P.O. Box 9194 Senior Vice-Chair/Committees Garden City, NY 11530-9194 Gonzalo Salinas Zeballos, Esq., Baker Hostetler LLP [email protected] 45 Rockefeller Plaza Vice-Chairs/Diversity New York, NY 10111-0100 Mariana Eguiarte-Morett, Sanchez Devanny Eseverri, [email protected] S.C. Senior Vice-Chair/Chapters Av. De Las Palmas 525, Piso 6, Lomas de Chapultepec Mr. Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Alston & Bird LLP Mexico City, Mexico 11000 90 Park Avenue [email protected] New York, NY 10016-1301 Kenneth G. Standard [email protected] Chappaqua, NY 10514-3725 Executive Vice-Chair/Finance Vice-Chair/Liaison w/ U.S. State Bar Azish Eskandar Filabi, Esq., The Maguire Center for Ethics International Sections in Financial Services Michael W. Galligan, Phillips Nizer LLP American College of Financial Services 485 Lexington Avenue, 14th Fl. 44 West 4th Street New York, NY 10017-2619 New York, NY 10012-1106 [email protected] [email protected] Vice-Chair/Liaison w/International Law Society Secretary Nancy M. Thevenin, Thevenin Arbitration & ADR Mrs. Ruby Maria Asturias Castillo, EY LAW, S.A. 87-37 164th Street, No. 2 5ta. Avenida 5-55 Zona 14, Europlaza WBC Torre 1, Nivel Jamaica, NY 11432-4013 7 [email protected] Guatemala, 01014 Vice-Chair/Liaison w/American Bar Ass’n [email protected] Mark H. Alcott, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Treasurer & Garrison LLP Lawrence E. Shoenthal, Esq. 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Fl. 6 Dorothy Drive New York, NY 10019-6064 Spring Valley, NY 10977-1810 [email protected] Chair/Awards Vice-Chair/Liaison w/ International Bar Ass’n Paul M. Frank Carlos Ramos-Morosovsky, Alston & Bird LLP Bronxville, NY 10708-5917 90 Park Avenue, Vice-Chair/Awards New York, NY 10016-1301 Azish Eskandar Filabi, The Maguire Center for Ethics in [email protected] Financial Services Vice-Chair/Liaison w/N.Y. City Bar Ass’n American College of Financial Services Paul M. Frank 44 W 4th Street Bronxville, NY 10708-5917 New York, NY 10012-1106 Vice-Chair/Liaison w/Union of International Ass’ns [email protected] Pedro Pais De Almeida, Abreu & Associadios Vice-Chairs/Chapters Avenida Infante Dom Henrique 26 Marco Amorese, AMSL Avvocati Lisbon, Portugal, 1100-281 Via Zambianchi, 3 [email protected] Bergamo, Italy 24122 Vice-Chairs/Membership [email protected] Neil A. Quartaro, Cozen O’Connor Francois F. Berbinau, BFPL Avocats 45 Broadway, 16th Fl. 10 Square Beaujon New York, NY 10006-3751 Paris, France 75008 [email protected] [email protected] Jay G. Safer, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP Peter Bouzalas, Blaney McMurtry LLP 500 5th Avenue 2 Queen Street East, Suite 1500 New York, NY 10110-0002 Toronto, ON M5C 3G5, Canada [email protected] [email protected] frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page vi Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Vice-Chairs/Special Projects-Rapid Response Jonathan P. Armstrong, Cordery 30 Farringdon Street, 2nd Floor London EC4a 4hh, UK [email protected] David P. Miranda, Heslin Rothenburg Farley & Mesiti, PC 5 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-5180 [email protected] Vice-Chair/Sponsorship Neil A. Quartaro, Cozen O’Connor 45 Broadway, 16th Fl. New York, NY 10006-3751 [email protected] Vice-Chair/United Nations Filip Boras, Baker & McKenzie Schottenring 25 Vienna, Austria 1010 [email protected] Delegates to House of Delegates Azish Eskandar Filabi, Esq., The Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services American College of Financial Services 44 West 4th Street New York, NY 10012-1106 [email protected] Glenn G. Fox, Esq., Baker & McKenzie LLP 452 5th Ave New York, NY 10018-2706 [email protected] Diane E. O’Connell, Dianne E. O’Connell PLLC Brooklyn, NY 11232-1609 [email protected] Alternate Delegate to House of Delegates Neil A. Quartaro, Cozen O’Connor 45 Broadway, 16th Fl. New York, NY 10006-3751 [email protected] frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page vii Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Advisory Editorial Board Board Members Caroline Fish George K. Miller Joshua Alter Christina Tsesmelis Christina Corcoran Nishith M. Desai James P. Duffy IV Marty Flaherty Michael Galligan Alexander Greenawalt Robert Howse Kevin McCaffrey Mark Meyer Margaret McGuinness 2020–2021 Student Editorial Board St. John’s University School of Law Editor-in-Chief Senior Staff Members Staff Members Gia Fernicola Michelle Artiles Stephanie Algarin-Santiago Managing Editor Heather Lewin Douglas Brady Theodore Ryan Nicholas Orbon Matthew Callahan Bridget Sheerin Michael Cavaliere Associate Managing Editor Spencer Sklar Matthew Finegan Edward Belotte Sarah Vinci Danielle Heavey Stephanie Weaver Raymond Iglesias Executive Notes and Comments Torrye Zullo Sean Johannsen Editor Tatehona Kelly Ryan Iglesias Thomas Larounis Executive Articles Editor Rebecca Pasternak Heidi Simpson James Pizzo Kristin Rainis Executive Research Editor Matthew Sulewski Ruben Huertero Nicole Teta Executive LLM Editor Matthew Vani Sadia Shamid Stephanie Zaferiou Articles & Notes Editors Faculty Advisor Damyre Benjamin Professor Margaret McGuinness Baylee Vazquez Ellie Sheinwald Alumni & Events Editor Zachary Wagman frtpages-Fall2020.fm Page viii Tuesday, March 16, 2021 3:36 PM INTERNATIONAL SECTION COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS To view full contact information for the Committee Chairs listed below, please visit our website at www.nysba.org/ilp Asia & the Pacific Region International Data Privacy & International Tax Ta-Kuang Chang Protection Pere M. Pons Lawrence A. Darby III Gerald J. Ferguson Stanley Charles Ruchelman Corey Omer James R. Shorter, Jr. Awards Paul M. Frank International Distribution, International Trade Sales & Marketing Robert J. Leo Central & Eastern Europe Drew R. Jaglom International Transportation Serhiy Hoshovsky Neil A. Quartaro International Employment Law Chair’s Advisory Aaron J. Schindel Latin American Council Gerald J. Ferguson Miriam R. Schindel Jorge Luis Arenales De La Roca Glenn G. Fox Alejandro Maria Massot Michael W. Galligan International Environmental Law Gonzalo Salinas Zeballos Neil A. Quartaro Mark F. Rosenberg Nancy M. Thevenin Andrew D. Otis Public International Law Margaret E. McGuinness Contract & Commercial Law International Estate & Mark A. Meyer Rekha Rangachari Trust Law Thomas Anthony Telesca Michael W. Galligan Seasonal Meeting Glenn G. Fox Mark F. Rosenberg Corporate Counsel Howard A. Fischer International Family Law United Nations & Other Rita Wasserstein Warner International Organizations Cross Border M&A International Human Rights Jeffrey C. Chancas & Joint Ventures Santiago Corcuera-Cabezut Laura Gheorghiu Alexandra