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. 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