Occasional seminars
On an ad hoc basis, the ACWL organises seminars on legal issues of topical interest to WTO Members. The ACWL invites delegates from both developed and developing countries to participate in these seminars in their personal capacity in order to encourage the sharing of their diverse experiences in dispute settlement proceedings. The ACWL also invites academics and former Appellate Body members to make presentations.
Recent seminars have included:
- A seminar on the proposed changes to the Appellate Body's "Working Procedures for Appellate Review."
- A seminar on the Appellate Body Report in India - Additional and Extra-Additional Duties on Imports from the United States (DS 360). The seminar was based on the ACWL paper "Basic Principles Set out in GATT Articles II and III."
- Discussions led by Appellate Body Member David Unterhalter (on treaty interpretation) and by former Appellate Body Member Ambassador Julio Lacarte-Muró (on the review of the DSU).
- A seminar on the main methods available to give legal effect to the results of the Doha Round, focusing on a background paper entitled "Giving Legal Effect to the Results of the Doha Round: An Analysis of the Methods of Changing WTO Law" (pdf) prepared by ACWL staff. Following presentations by the staff of the Centre, Professor John H. Jackson of the Georgetown University Law Centre commented on the paper.
- A presentation by Professors Marc Busch, Associate Professor at Queen’s School of Business, Queen’s University, Ontario and Eric Reinhardt, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta on their paper
"Developing countries and the GATT/WTO dispute settlement system" (pdf)