The amici curiae and the WTO dispute settlement system : the doors are open

With the continuing use of the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism (2012 and 2013 saw the largest numbers of known investment arbitrations filed in a single year,

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Except for the very early years where contracting parties voted,68 decisions of the CONTRACTING PARTIES have been taking place when no country formally objected to it;

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Therefore, it may be argued that in the case of a dispute between, say the United States and the European Communities, an interpreter may consider as relevant and

In a situation where a human rights provision could potentially supersede a WTO provision — but as such could not be received into the WTO legal system and could not be enforced by

In a situation such as the EC -.Sword{ish dispute, it is conceivable that bath 'adjudicating bodies (that of ITLOS and WTO) would examine whether UNCLOS effectively

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