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Case Citations [1] (April 2023 - August 2023)

handle is hein.ali/rethdfr0048 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Spring 2023 Citations THE FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW OF THE UNITED STATES 3D PART I. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ITS RELATION TO UNITED STATES CHAPTER 1. INTERNATIONAL LAW: CHARACTER AND SOURCES § 103. Evidence of International Law D.D.C.2021. Com. (b) quot. in sup. The Republic of the Gambia, which initiated litigation in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold the Republic of the Union of Myanmar accountable for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic and religious minority, filed an application against social media platform under a federal statute, seeking deleted content that had been used by Myanmar government agents to spread violence and enable the genocide. This court granted the Gambia's request for the de- platformed content and related internal-investigation documents. The court rejected platform's argument that the Gambia should have obtained discovery through the U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar instead of the ICJ, noting that, according to Restatement Third of Foreign Relations Law § 103, the ICJ was the central expositor of international law, whose judgments and opinions were accorded great weight, and that the ICJ was arguably a superior venue, given that it regularly adjudicated Genocide Convention issues. Republic of the Gambia v. Facebook, Inc., 567 F.Supp.3d 291, 312. PART III. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CHAPTER 2. THE MAKING OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS § 311. Capacity and Authority to Conclude International Agreements C.D.Cal.2022. Subsec. (3) cit. in sup. After receiving a request for extradition of criminal fugitive from Colombia, the United States arrested fugitive pursuant to extradition proceedings, alleging that the extradition treaty between Colombia and the United States remained valid. This court certified extradition, holding, inter alia, that Colombian case law, which found that Colombia legislature giving domestic effect to the treaty was invalid, did not bar fugitive's extradition. Citing Restatement Third of Foreign Relations Law § 311(3), the court explained that the record did not indicate there was a manifest COPYRIGHT C2023 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.

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