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Update on WTO Dispute Settlement
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Fifth Annual Update on WTO Dispute Settlement
A Presentation and Debate on Cases & Developments in WTO Dispute Settlement during 2011
Tuesday, 13th March 2012 I 18.00 to 20.00
Venue
Auditorium Jacques Freymond (AJF)
132, Rue de Lausanne, Geneva
Organised by
The Graduate Institute's Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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Background |
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At the beginning of each year, on the occasion of the release of the Appellate Body’s Annual Report, the Centre gathers the chairs of the WTO Appellate Body, the Dispute Settlement Body, and the Negotiating Group on DSU Review in an Annual Update on WTO Dispute Settlement. Presentations by the chairs are followed by a roundtable discussion of the most important cases and developments of the past year. The Roundtable is composed of representatives of academia, the trade law bar, press and NGOs. |
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Programme
 WTO Dispute Settlement Body Developments in 2011 18.00 - 19.00
H.E. Elin Østebø Johansen (Norway), Chairperson of the DSB and Current Chairperson of the General Council
Presentation on the 2011 Annual Report of the Appellate Body
Yuejiao Zhang, Chairperson of the Appellate Body
Progress Report on Informal Consultations to Enhance the Efficiency of the Panel Process
Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General WTO
Roundtable discussion on WTO Dispute Settlement in 2011 19.00 - 20.00
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• Lorand Bartels,
Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge
• Frieder Roessler,
Director, Advisory Centre on WTO Law
• Todd Friedbacher,
Partner, Sidley & Austin, Geneva
• Jasper Wauters,
Counsel, King & Spalding, Geneva
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Moderator: Joost Pauwelyn, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute |
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The programme will be followed by a light reception at the Villa Barton sponsored by King & Spalding. |
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