Dispute resolution and “environmental” provisions in the WTO: promising developments for environmental matters
International politics are moving towards an economical and culturalunification (globalisation), in which all nations are related by trade interactions.If environmental protection commitments are to be honoured,environmental law has to cease to be considered a separate discipline and find synergies...
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doaj-a7572c4b29be45aa800c8bcd72a0ff1f2020-11-24T22:22:13ZengUniversidad del RosarioACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional2027-11312145-44932010-12-013161193Dispute resolution and “environmental” provisions in the WTO: promising developments for environmental mattersNatalia Rodríguez UribeInternational politics are moving towards an economical and culturalunification (globalisation), in which all nations are related by trade interactions.If environmental protection commitments are to be honoured,environmental law has to cease to be considered a separate discipline and find synergies that allow it to become an important stakeholder in trade relations.In this paper it is argued that international commerce and environmentallaw have coevolved in the last three decades to reach a balance embodied in the concept of sustainable development.The essay explores this coevolution, and proposes that the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) can play an important role in environmentalprotection goals if its “green provisions” and dispute resolutionmechanism are to be used to promote them, as is already happening. In order to illustrate this point, a brief overview of commercial and environmental treaties signed since the seventies is presented, followed by an explanation of the WTO’s treaty suite provisions that can be considered as “green”, in the hopes of finding convergence points that can be used by the member parties in order not only tojustify the passing of environmental protection domesticlegislations, but also to compel other countries to comply with their obligations in this area.http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1427/1310World Trade Organization (WTO)dispute resolution mechanismsinternational environmental lawGATTsustainable development. |
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Dispute resolution and “environmental” provisions in the WTO: promising developments for environmental matters |
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Dispute resolution and “environmental” provisions in the WTO: promising developments for environmental matters |
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Universidad del Rosario |
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ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional |
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2027-1131 2145-4493 |
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International politics are moving towards an economical and culturalunification (globalisation), in which all nations are related by trade interactions.If environmental protection commitments are to be honoured,environmental law has to cease to be considered a separate discipline and find synergies that allow it to become an important stakeholder in trade relations.In this paper it is argued that international commerce and environmentallaw have coevolved in the last three decades to reach a balance embodied in the concept of sustainable development.The essay explores this coevolution, and proposes that the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) can play an important role in environmentalprotection goals if its “green provisions” and dispute resolutionmechanism are to be used to promote them, as is already happening. In order to illustrate this point, a brief overview of commercial and environmental treaties signed since the seventies is presented, followed by an explanation of the WTO’s treaty suite provisions that can be considered as “green”, in the hopes of finding convergence points that can be used by the member parties in order not only tojustify the passing of environmental protection domesticlegislations, but also to compel other countries to comply with their obligations in this area. |
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World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution mechanisms international environmental law GATT sustainable development. |
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http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/acdi/article/view/1427/1310 |
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