Professor Mary Footer
(University of Nottingham)
‘Compliance with WTO Dispute Settlement Decisions: Some Reflections on Recent Developments’
Wednesday 3 December 2008, 4-5.30pm, UCL Laws, Moot Court
To register free of charge please contact Forum administrator, Ann Tucker, [email protected]
Summary
While it is understood that WTO Members will sooner or later bring themselves into conformity with decisions of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, in practice this does not always happen or, if it does, then it happens only belatedly. The aim of this talk is to discuss recent developments in the field of compliance with WTO dispute settlement decisions. Special consideration will be given to those cases where compliance is long overdue, or has come about in a manner that is not provided for under the DSU and to suggest reasons for such non-compliance.
Location
UCL, Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG (map: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/faculty/index.shtml?laws_map)
About the WTO Scholars’ Forum and its events:
The WTO Scholars’ Forum was set up in September 2006 by Dr Fiona Smith (UCL) as a new initiative designed to bring together experts from both academia and legal practice to discuss current aspects of the law and practice of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In 2007, Dr Isabelle Van Damme (University of Cambridge) joined the forum as Co-Director.
Currently there are many academics and practitioners who have an interest in WTO law and several events organised under the auspices of individual London colleges, Chatham House, as well as the British Institute for International and Comparative Law, as well as exciting initiatives organised outside London. However, there is little year-long sustained activity which capitalizes on all the interest and knowledge. The WTO Scholars’ Forum draws together all this expertise by holding a series of activities. The Forum is also open to PhD students and it encourages them attend the activities and give papers as part of the seminar series.
For more about the WTO Scholars’ Forum see the website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/wto-forum/index.shtml or contact Dr Fiona Smith ([email protected]) or Dr Isabelle Van Damme ([email protected])
