Digest of United States Practice in International Law 1991-1999
The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the Digest covering 1991-1999, then Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, summarized its contents, stating in part: "During this period, for instance, the United States became party to important human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. International terrorist acts such as the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, posed new challenges, to which the United States responded through negotiation of new international terrorism conventions, efforts in both the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice, and changes in U.S. domestic laws . . . . "Legal issues involving the use of force arose with U.S. participation in the Gulf War and the military intervention in the territory of the Former Yugoslavia, and were addressed in several instances before the International Court of Justice. U.S. participation in the peace process and in peacekeeping in areas as diverse as the Middle East, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti gave rise to both international and domestic legal issues. Major efforts were pursued in arms control and nuclear non-proliferation, including the establishment of the Korean Energy Development Organization. "The 1990s were an era of new international institutions and political structures. The United States was actively engaged, for instance, in the Security Council's creation of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda and the UN Mission in Kosovo, and in the negotiation stage of the establishment of the International Criminal Court. In the area of trade, the United States was deeply involved in the establishment of the World Trade Organization and the conclusion of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The breakup of the Soviet Union was only the biggest example of geo-political changes with a wide range of legal implications for the United States and other countries. In other fields, to list only a few examples, after completion of the 1994 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI, the President transmitted both the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the 1994 Agreement to the Senate for advice and consent. Maritime interdiction of aliens and other aspects of immigration and naturalization generated important legal issues. Cases concerning the right of aliens in the United States to consular notification arose in U.S. courts and the International Court of Justice. . . ."
The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the Digest covering 1991-1999, then Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, summarized its contents, stating in part: "During this period, for instance, the United States became party to important human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. International terrorist acts such as the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, posed new challenges, to which the United States responded through negotiation of new international terrorism conventions, efforts in both the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice, and changes in U.S. domestic laws . . . . "Legal issues involving the use of force arose with U.S. participation in the Gulf War and the military intervention in the territory of the Former Yugoslavia, and were addressed in several instances before the International Court of Justice. U.S. participation in the peace process and in peacekeeping in areas as diverse as the Middle East, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti gave rise to both international and domestic legal issues. Major efforts were pursued in arms control and nuclear non-proliferation, including the establishment of the Korean Energy Development Organization. "The 1990s were an era of new international institutions and political structures. The United States was actively engaged, for instance, in the Security Council's creation of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda and the UN Mission in Kosovo, and in the negotiation stage of the establishment of the International Criminal Court. In the area of trade, the United States was deeply involved in the establishment of the World Trade Organization and the conclusion of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The breakup of the Soviet Union was only the biggest example of geo-political changes with a wide range of legal implications for the United States and other countries. In other fields, to list only a few examples, after completion of the 1994 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI, the President transmitted both the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the 1994 Agreement to the Senate for advice and consent. Maritime interdiction of aliens and other aspects of immigration and naturalization generated important legal issues. Cases concerning the right of aliens in the United States to consular notification arose in U.S. courts and the International Court of Justice. . . ."
- Rating
-
0.0
- Raters
- 0
- Visits
- 0
- Comments
- 0
- Contributors
- 0
- Category
- Population
- Permissions
- Public
- Tags
- China, psychotropic, El Salvador, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pan Am 103, military, export controls, commercial law, sanctions, state sponsor, treaties, Andorra, jurisdiction, biological diversity, terrorist, defense articles, Sierra Leone, NATO, Fixed Platforms, labor law, General Assembly, Sudan, weapons convention, investment, International Maritime Organization, Cuba, labor issues, non-proliferation, Guantanamo, maritime, World Trade Organization, smuggling, intellectual property, WTO, trafficking, Council of Europe, Soviet Union, self-defense, children, Burma, Niger, interdiction, NAFTA, Angola, torture, organized crime, Montreal Protocol, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Mexico, family support, AIDS, ICJ, Lebanon, President, IAEA, Legal Adviser, Supreme Court, bills of lading, nuclear, Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, North American Free Trade Agreement, environment, Israel, Nicaragua, arms control, drugs, corruption, preservation, intervention, marine, drug trade, International Criminal Court, counterterrorism, protocol, peacekeeping, France, extradition, biological weapons, Department of State, privileges and immunities, Nigeria, Poland, Montreal Convention, Middle East, Eritrea, border, William J. Clinton, chemical weapons, Slovak Republic, narcotic, crime, piracy, missile, foreign missions, statute, cultural object, international organization, Belarus, war crimes, Russia, Northern Mariana Islands, bilateral investment treaty, FSIA, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, exports, law of the sea, Cambodia, court, national security, Afghanistan, armed conflict, Deputy Secretary, cultural property, Ecuador, marine environment, comity, Holocaust, electronic commerce, East Timor, Somalia, foreign affairs, prisoner transfer, West Bank, conservation, Hague, Gaza, Bosnia, arbitration, Libya, Australia, sovereign, jus cogens, alien, HIV, deportation, detention, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, international humanitarian law, overflight, diplomatic, family, Czech Republic, immunities, law enforcement, Haiti, Achille Lauro, Zaire, diplomatic note, genocide, Secretary of State, testimony, Chile, space, Palau, Iraq, Liberia, pollution, discrimination, Mozambique, Alien Tort Statute, immunity, claims, gender, Vietnam, drug trafficking, Iran, labor standards, Ethiopia, trade, Vienna, travel restrictions, air transport, carriage of goods, refugee, Flight 655, Kuwait, former Yugoslavia, OECD, compliance, Organization of American States, Croatia, Cold War, Czechoslovakia, Article 36, German Democratic Republic, defense, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, citizenship, United Kingdom, use of force, act of state, criminal, international Court of Justice, Peru, UNIDROIT, Alien Tort Claims Act, Algiers Accords, North Korea, human rights, Vienna Convention, Warsaw Convention, consular, immigration, Lockerbie, India, Uruguay, Article 33, data, Japan, customary international law, licensing, forum non conveniens, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Germany, service of process, Argentina, proliferation, conflict resolution, detainee, Panama, United Nations, asylum, Mali, Taliban, state responsibility, Geneva, oil, Hungary, naturalization, marine scientific research, Yugoslavia, migrant, intercountry adoption, international law, UNCITRAL, passport, Philippines, religious freedom, nonproliferation, George Bush, Rwanda, judicial assistance, state court, family law, fish, convention, Security Council, navigation, weapons of mass destruction, political rights, international child abduction, tribunals, reciprocity, visa, treaty practice, Jordan, Red Cross, terrorism
- Data Provided By
- Department of State
- Source Link
- (none)
- Agency
- Department of State
- Date Released
- 1/1/2005
- Date Updated
- 1/1/2005
- Time Period
- 1991-1999
- Frequency
- daily, weekly, or monthly as appropriate
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Research
- Unique ID
- 4326
- Citation
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Agency Program Page
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8183.htm
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Unit of Analysis
- International Law
- Geographic Coverage
- Global
- Collection Mode
- phone/paper, phone/computer, person/paper, person/computer, web
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Data Dictionary
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/148544.htm
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Department of State
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes
This dataset cannot be displayed in the browser, but it is available for download
Download
The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. In his introduction to the Digest covering 1991-1999, then Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger, III, summarized its contents, stating in part: "During this period, for instance, the United States became party to important human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. International terrorist acts such as the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, posed new challenges, to which the United States responded through negotiation of new international terrorism conventions, efforts in both the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice, and changes in U.S. domestic laws . . . . "Legal issues involving the use of force arose with U.S. participation in the Gulf War and the military intervention in the territory of the Former Yugoslavia, and were addressed in several instances before the International Court of Justice. U.S. participation in the peace process and in peacekeeping in areas as diverse as the Middle East, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, and Haiti gave rise to both international and domestic legal issues. Major efforts were pursued in arms control and nuclear non-proliferation, including the establishment of the Korean Energy Development Organization. "The 1990s were an era of new international institutions and political structures. The United States was actively engaged, for instance, in the Security Council's creation of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda and the UN Mission in Kosovo, and in the negotiation stage of the establishment of the International Criminal Court. In the area of trade, the United States was deeply involved in the establishment of the World Trade Organization and the conclusion of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The breakup of the Soviet Union was only the biggest example of geo-political changes with a wide range of legal implications for the United States and other countries. In other fields, to list only a few examples, after completion of the 1994 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI, the President transmitted both the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the 1994 Agreement to the Senate for advice and consent. Maritime interdiction of aliens and other aspects of immigration and naturalization generated important legal issues. Cases concerning the right of aliens in the United States to consular notification arose in U.S. courts and the International Court of Justice. . . ."
- Rating
-
0.0
- Raters
- 0
- Visits
- 0
- Comments
- 0
- Contributors
- 0
- Category
- Population
- Permissions
- Public
- Tags
- China, psychotropic, El Salvador, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pan Am 103, military, export controls, commercial law, sanctions, state sponsor, treaties, Andorra, jurisdiction, biological diversity, terrorist, defense articles, Sierra Leone, NATO, Fixed Platforms, labor law, General Assembly, Sudan, weapons convention, investment, International Maritime Organization, Cuba, labor issues, non-proliferation, Guantanamo, maritime, World Trade Organization, smuggling, intellectual property, WTO, trafficking, Council of Europe, Soviet Union, self-defense, children, Burma, Niger, interdiction, NAFTA, Angola, torture, organized crime, Montreal Protocol, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Mexico, family support, AIDS, ICJ, Lebanon, President, IAEA, Legal Adviser, Supreme Court, bills of lading, nuclear, Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, North American Free Trade Agreement, environment, Israel, Nicaragua, arms control, drugs, corruption, preservation, intervention, marine, drug trade, International Criminal Court, counterterrorism, protocol, peacekeeping, France, extradition, biological weapons, Department of State, privileges and immunities, Nigeria, Poland, Montreal Convention, Middle East, Eritrea, border, William J. Clinton, chemical weapons, Slovak Republic, narcotic, crime, piracy, missile, foreign missions, statute, cultural object, international organization, Belarus, war crimes, Russia, Northern Mariana Islands, bilateral investment treaty, FSIA, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, exports, law of the sea, Cambodia, court, national security, Afghanistan, armed conflict, Deputy Secretary, cultural property, Ecuador, marine environment, comity, Holocaust, electronic commerce, East Timor, Somalia, foreign affairs, prisoner transfer, West Bank, conservation, Hague, Gaza, Bosnia, arbitration, Libya, Australia, sovereign, jus cogens, alien, HIV, deportation, detention, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, international humanitarian law, overflight, diplomatic, family, Czech Republic, immunities, law enforcement, Haiti, Achille Lauro, Zaire, diplomatic note, genocide, Secretary of State, testimony, Chile, space, Palau, Iraq, Liberia, pollution, discrimination, Mozambique, Alien Tort Statute, immunity, claims, gender, Vietnam, drug trafficking, Iran, labor standards, Ethiopia, trade, Vienna, travel restrictions, air transport, carriage of goods, refugee, Flight 655, Kuwait, former Yugoslavia, OECD, compliance, Organization of American States, Croatia, Cold War, Czechoslovakia, Article 36, German Democratic Republic, defense, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, citizenship, United Kingdom, use of force, act of state, criminal, international Court of Justice, Peru, UNIDROIT, Alien Tort Claims Act, Algiers Accords, North Korea, human rights, Vienna Convention, Warsaw Convention, consular, immigration, Lockerbie, India, Uruguay, Article 33, data, Japan, customary international law, licensing, forum non conveniens, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Germany, service of process, Argentina, proliferation, conflict resolution, detainee, Panama, United Nations, asylum, Mali, Taliban, state responsibility, Geneva, oil, Hungary, naturalization, marine scientific research, Yugoslavia, migrant, intercountry adoption, international law, UNCITRAL, passport, Philippines, religious freedom, nonproliferation, George Bush, Rwanda, judicial assistance, state court, family law, fish, convention, Security Council, navigation, weapons of mass destruction, political rights, international child abduction, tribunals, reciprocity, visa, treaty practice, Jordan, Red Cross, terrorism
- Data Provided By
- Department of State
- Source Link
- (none)
- Agency
- Department of State
- Date Released
- 1/1/2005
- Date Updated
- 1/1/2005
- Time Period
- 1991-1999
- Frequency
- daily, weekly, or monthly as appropriate
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Research
- Unique ID
- 4326
- Citation
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Agency Program Page
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c8183.htm
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Unit of Analysis
- International Law
- Geographic Coverage
- Global
- Collection Mode
- phone/paper, phone/computer, person/paper, person/computer, web
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Data Dictionary
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/c17852.htm
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.state.gov/s/l/148544.htm
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Department of State
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes