CJIL Online 1.1
Winter
2022

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Essay
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An Examination of U.S. Jurisdiction and Enforcement of U.S. Judgments Abroad in the Context of North Korean Cyberattacks
Carol Kim
J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School.

This paper is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Charn-kiu Kim, who was a preeminent scholar and professor of international law and a loving grandfather who inspired the author to pursue international law and carry on his legacy.

This Essay presents a hypothetical case in which North Korean operatives, aided by operatives from Russia and China, have stolen $500 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the U.S. Treasury through hacking, all while residing in their respective countries. The purpose of this hypothetical is to explore the legal bases that the United States may use to prosecute cybercrimes and obtain judgments against foreign cybercriminals.

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Article
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Stag Hunt: Anti-Corruption Disclosures Concerning Natural Resources
Aleydis Nissen
Aleydis Nissen is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden Law School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (sponsored by FWO Postdoc grant 74910) and Université libre de Bruxelles (sponsored by F.R.S. FNRS Chargé de Recherche Fellowship grant FC 38129). Recently, she won the Andrés Bello (J.B. Scott) Prize in International Law of the Geneva-based Institut de Droit International for other research.

She wants to thank Nicole Briones, Susan Cleary, Kathy Luo, Maria O’Keeffe, Amber Stewart, Leonie van Moorsel, and Kaylee Yocum for their comments and support. Any mistakes remain, of course, the sole responsibility of the author.

This Article argues that the long process of creating the rules for Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers, while frustrating for SEC officials and staff, can be conceptualized as a “stag hunt” involving other countries that host extraction companies on their stock exchanges.

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Comment
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Plight of Civilian Victims of Anti-Piracy Operations
Clare Marlow Downing
J.D. Candidate, 2022, The University of Chicago Law School.

The Tribunal for the Law of the Sea currently manages a trust fund, originally designed to defray litigation costs, which could be extended in reach to compensate civilian victims of multi-national anti-piracy operations. This Comment argues for extending the reach of the trust fund to serve the purposes of the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, further the goals of restorative justice, and begin to provide adequate compensation for victims.

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Comment
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‘Nah tek yuh mattie eye fuh see’: U.S. Involvement in the 2020 Guyanese Election
Amber Symone Stewart
A.B. 2015, Princeton University; J.D. Candidate 2022, The University of Chicago Law School.

The author would like to thank her family and partner for being her steadfast supporters. She would also like to thank the entire staff of the Chicago Journal of International Law, the CJIL Online team, Professor Aziz Huq, and Claire Parins.

This Comment looks to international election law and various international treaties to determine on what legal grounds the U.S. decided to interfere in the 2020 Guyanese presidential election. Ultimately, this Comment concludes that the U.S. engaged in the very election interference it accused Russia of committing during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.