A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 9/14/2017
EAN 9781108417273, ISBN10: 1108417272
Hardcover, 414 pages, 23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
The WTO dispute settlement system has become one of the most dynamic, effective and successful international dispute settlement systems in the world over the past twenty years. This second edition of A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System has been compiled by the dispute settlement lawyers of the WTO Secretariat with a view to providing a practice-oriented account of the system. In addition to describing the existing rules and procedures, this accessibly written handbook explains how those rules and procedures have been interpreted by dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body, and how they have evolved over time. The handbook provides practical information to help various audiences understand the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system.
Foreword
Abbreviations
1. Introduction to the WTO dispute settlement system
2. Actors in the WTO dispute settlement process
3. The scope of WTO disputes
4. The stages in a typical WTO dispute
5. Compliance with DSB recommendations and rulings
6. Other procedural issues arising in the WTO dispute settlement proceedings
7. Alternative to adjudication by panels and the Appellate Body
8. Developing countries in the WTO dispute settlement system
9. Ongoing efforts to improve the WTO dispute settlement system
10. Further information and resources
11. Annex I
Flow Chart of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process
12. Annex II
Dispute Settlement Rules
13. Annex III
Examples of Panel Working Procedures
14. Annex IV
Examples of Timetable for Panel Proceedings
15. Annex V
Working Procedures for Appellate Review (WT/AB/WP/6)
16. Annex VI
DSB Practices
17. Annex VII
Communication from the Director-General on Article 5 of the DSU
18. Annex VIII
Decision of 5 April 1966 on Procedures under Article XXIII (BISD 14S/18)
19. Annex IX
Decisions of 12 April 1989 on Improvement to the GATT Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures (BISD 36S/61)
20. Annex X
Historic Development of the WTO Dispute Settlement System
21. Annex XI
Index of Official Titles and Short Titles of WTO Disputes as of 1 December 2016
22. Annex XII
WTO Disputes – reports circulates and/or adopted
Index.