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Africa Dialogue on WTO Dispute Settlement and Sustainable Development

Exploring Strategies to Enhance the Participation of Developing Countries in
WTO Dispute Settlement

Organised by ICTSD in collaboration with the Centre for International Trade and Investment law (CITIL), with the support of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mombasa, Kenya, 2-3 November 2006

Description | Programme | Participants| Documents

Agenda

Participants list

Case studies

Egypt's Challenges and Future Options for Participating in the WTO Dispute Settlement System, working drafts by Magda Shahin, forthcoming publication in 2007.

International Trade Dispute Resolution: Case Study on the Possibility of Kenya Utilizing the WTO Dispute Settlement System, working draft by Ouma Ochieng and David S. Majanja, forthcoming publication in 2007.

International Trade Dispute Resolution: Lessons From South Africa, by Gustav Brink

Speaker notes

WTO Rights & Obligations: Africa’s Strategic Application of the Golden Rule, by Daniel Crosby, White & Case, Geneva

Africa’s Participation in Context: Overview, trends and impacts, by Henry Kibet Mutai, Department of Commercial Law, Moi University

South Africa's International Dispute Settlement Experience: Structures and Procedures Employed, by Gustav Brink, Brindis Remedies t/a Trade Remedies Unlimited; Associate

African Countries and the WTO Negotiations on the Dispute Settlement Understanding, by Edwini Kessie, WTO, and Kofi Addo, UNDP

Involvement of the Private Sector in the WTO Dispute Settlement Process: Participation of the Swaziland Sugar Industry in the EC Sugar Subsidies Case, by Michael S. Matsebula, Chief Executive Officer, Swaziland Sugar Association

Navigating the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU): How Benin took on the challenges in cotton?, by Arsene Omichessan, Permanent Mission of Benin to the WTO, Geneva

DSM 4 EU-ACP EPAS, by Lambert Botha, International Trade Advisor, South African Agricultural Processors Association

Which way forward for developing countries in trade dispute settlement, by Julius P. Moto, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation

Background materials

Brazil's Response to the Judicialized WTO Regime:Strengthening the State through Diffusing Expertise, working draft by Gregory Shaffer, Michelle Ratton Sanchez and Barbara Rosenberg, forthcoming publication in 2007.

Chile's Participation in the Dispute Settlement System: Impact on Capacity Building, working draft by Mathias Francke, forthcoming publication in 2007.

Compliance and Remedies against Non Compliance under the WTO System: toward a more Balanced Regime for All Members, working draft by Virachai Plasai, forthcoming publication in 2007.

Access to Justice in the WTO - the Case for Small Claims Procedures, a preliminary analysis by Håkan Nordström and Gregory Shaffer.

Dispute Settlement in the WTO and the Least Developed Countries: the Case of India's Anti-Dumping Duties on Lead Acid Battery Import from Bangladesh, working draft by M.A. Taslim, forthcoming publication in 2007.


 


 

 


 

 

 

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