Early last December, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Myrtle Hazard sailed through the night, anchored off the Pacific island nation of Palau and boarded a group of Chinese boats to help seize tens of thousands of dollars worth
Litigation in Palau
There are often substantial differences between litigation procedure in larger jurisdictions and in smaller jurisdictions. I practice in one of the world’s busiest and most sophisticated jurisdictions, but I often handle cases in smaller ones.Recently, I spoke with Gregory Dolin
Palau Underscores Dangers of Climate Change, Global Conflict, Violent Extremism, and Nuclear Weapons
Addressing the General Assembly, Palau’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations underlined this week the urgency of addressing challenges such as threats from climate change, global conflict, issues of migrants and refugees, violent extremism, antimicrobial resistance and nuclear weapons.Making particular
Palau’s Ratification Brings Treaty into Force — International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel
A United Nations-backed treaty that seeks to slash the 24,000 lives estimated to be lost each year during fishing operations around the world will come into force next September, over 17 years after it was adopted by the UN International
Palau is the Busiest UN Member Today, Signing On to Eight Human Rights Treaties
From 1994 to 1995, I served as Court Counsel to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau. Palau became an independent country while I was serving in that post. Today, Palau was "the busiest member state" at the United Nations, signing
U.S. Hearings on a New Financial Package for the Republic of Palau
The United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environmentwill conduct their first hearing on July 29 on the proposed financial package for the Republic of Palau in the next 15 years under the
More News About Sending 17 Guantanamo Detainees to Palau . . . 4 of them are in Bermuda!
U.S. Says Deal to Send 17 Guantanamo Detainees to Palau is Not Finalized
We shared here news that the Republic of Palau had agreed to accept 17 detainees from Guanatamo. In that earlier post (which also included a link to the exchange of diplomatic notes between Palau and the United States), we shared an observation