NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW Summer 2006 Vol. 19, No. 2 Articles Reversing the Flow: International Law and Chinese Hydropower Development on the Headwaters of the Mekong River L. Waldron Davis..................................................................................................1 The Availability of Damages to Foreign Nationals for Violation of the Consular Relations Treaty David Sweis........................................................................................................63 Occupational Jurisdiction: A Critical Analysis of the Iraqi Special Tribunal Ryan Swift...........................................................................................................99 Recent Decisions Banco Central de Paraguay v. Paraguay Humanitarian Found., Inc.............141 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a counter- claim because the foreign defendants asserted their claim against an opposing party in a capacity that was different from that in which the party sued. SARL Louis Feraud Int’l v. Viewfinder Inc. ....................................................149 A foreign judgment cannot be enforced against an American corporation when repugnant to the funda- mental notions of public policy of the United States and the forum state. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. v. Suveyke ...............................157 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York applied the standard set forth by the Supreme Court in M/S Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., that forum selection clauses are presumed to be valid unless it is shown that enforcement would be unreasonable and unjust, or that fraud or over- reaching was present. Omega Engineering, Inc. v. Omega, S.A. ........................................................165 In a dispute between a domestic and a foreign corporation, a settlement agreement between the parties was held binding despite the lack of a signature of the foreign corporation. Ungar v. Palestine Liberation Organization....................................................173 The case discusses the results of an action under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. In re Royal Group Technologies Securities Litigation.....................................181 Under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, when a plaintiff is not an American citizen, less deference is accorded to plaintiff’s choice of forum, and when an alternative forum exists, private and public interest factors must clearly weigh in favor of the alternative forum. Opoku-Acheampong v. Depository Trust Co. ..................................................187 The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment for the defendant when the plaintiff, a native of Ghana, failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimi- nation and retaliatory discharge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 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 2006 Vol. 19, No. 2 NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION © 2006 New York State Bar Association ISSN 1050-9453 INTERNATIONAL LAW & PRACTICE SECTION OFFICERS—2006 Chair ..............................................................John F. Zulack, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer, LLP One Liberty Plaza, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10006-1404 Chair Elect......................................................Oliver J. 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