The World Trade Organization (WTO) is often accused of, at best, not paying enough attention to human rights or, at worst, facilitating and perpetuating human rights abuses. This book weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, incorporating legal arguments as well as s…
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"After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within t…
The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading by lowering trade barriers and adjusting other trade rules.…
"The legitimacy of the WTO's decision-making process has always been questioned, and many have advocated public participation mechanisms as a remedy. Yves Bonzon considers the limits and potential of these mechanisms by advancing a conceptual framework which distinguishes the fo…
"Greening Trade and Investment presents an analysis of the interactions between investment, trade and the environment. It examines the environmental consequences of existing multilateral trade and investment regimes, such as the World Trade Organization and the investment provis…
This volume examines the complex relationship between economic and non-economic objectives in WTO law. It discusses how non-economic objectives (such as the protection of public morals, life and health, environment, or human rights) can serve as justification for trade-restricti…
"This publication contains the text of the WTO's founding agreement, the 1994 Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and its Annexes, including all amendments and additions since its entry into force until September 2017. These include an amendment to the…
Le contentieux de la mise en conformité dans le règlement des différends de l'O.M.C. offers an analysis of the unique design of the WTO dispute settlement system, which draws the implementation process into the sphere of adjudication. Le contentieux de la mise en conformité dans…
Confronted with today's global interdisciplinary challenges, international economic law offers a myriad of legal tools to provide both procedural and substantive solutions. This book will appeal to those interested in the general theory of international economic law, but also re…
Frontiers of International Economic Law: Legal Tools to Confront Interdisciplinary Challenges offers innovative interdisciplinary solutions to global challenges along four themes: facing economic crises and uncertainties, confronting environmental challenges, considering human r…
