Adoption and Legal Effects of WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports

9 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2017

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Maria Gabriela Sarmiento

Central University f Venezuela; Sarmiento de Klumpner Consulting

Date Written: March 14, 2017

Abstract

The paper focuses on the adoption and legal effects of panel Reports. Panel Reports are subject to appeal. The paper pays also attention to this recourse of the parties heard by the Appellate Body (AB). This Section of the research is also interested on the decisions taken by the AB. Do they confirm, review, modify or reject Panel Reports? Moreover, attention is put on what are the matters the AB interprets and discusses. What are the applied norm? And, finally, this chapter is also pursuing to identify the process followed for the adoption of AB Reports, and the legal effects of AB decisions.

Keywords: WTO, Panels, Appellate Body, Dispute Settlement Body, Reports, Appeal, Stare Decisis

Suggested Citation

Sarmiento, Maria-Gabriela, Adoption and Legal Effects of WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports (March 14, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2931449 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2931449

Maria-Gabriela Sarmiento (Contact Author)

Central University f Venezuela ( email )

Public Law Institute Central University Venezuela
Municipio Libertador
Caracas, Distrito Capital 1053
Venezuela

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Sarmiento de Klumpner Consulting ( email )

Zurich, ZH 8032
Switzerland

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