Chicago Journal of International Law

The international community has long been struggling to find an effective mechanism to resolve transboundary environmental disputes. On June 19, 2001, the ninety-four Member States of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ("PCA")1 adopted by consensus the...

I. INTRODUCTION This symposium addresses the legitimacy of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs"). Over the past few decades, the number of NGOs operating in world politics has skyrocketed. The financial and territorial reach and capability of these...

I. INTRODUCTION: THE NEW MULTILATERAL INITIATIVE ON MALARIA The election of Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development ("Brundtland Commission"), as the Director General...

I. INTRODUCTION Public health has emerged as one of the most important issues of our global age. Despite health improvements and gains in life expectancy around the world in the twentieth century, the twenty-first century begins with developed and developing...

I. INTRODUCTION The end of the Cold War left the world without a structure of international relations. The first Bush Administration briefly flirted with the vague idea of a New World Order. The Clinton Administration pursued a policy of selective intervention...

If war is hell, then how do you make amends for the suffering of hell? Herein lies the conundrum of war reparations. International law can deal with revolutions, catastrophes, and lesser evils we euphemistically call acts of God. But when the fury of...

I. BACKGROUND I have spent my entire professional life in Washington, DC. Because I am a Democrat, most of that time has been in private practice. But I have worked twice in the Executive Branch: once as a "baby" special assistant for Secretary of Defense...

I. INTRODUCTION The human right to health has been part of the discourse on international law and public health since 1946, when the World Health Organization ("WHO") proclaimed that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental...

Pharmaceutical prices in the developing world have been much in the news lately. The bulk of the attention stems from the HIV/AIDS epidemic which affects many developing countries acutely, and where much of the infected population is said to be unable...

I. INTRODUCTION As a condition for registration of pharmaceutical products, national authorities normally require registrants to submit data relating to quality, safety, and efficacy. A particularly important issue is third parties' use of the data for...