Table Of ContentPUBLIC PARTICIPATION
AND LEGITIMACY IN THE WTO
ThelegitimacyoftheWTO’sdecision-makingprocesshasalwaysbeen
questioned,andmanyhaveadvocatedpublicparticipationmechanisms
as a remedy. Yves Bonzon considers the limits and potential of these
mechanismsbyadvancingaconceptualframeworkwhichdistinguishes
the four ‘implementation parameters’ of public participation: the goal,
the object, the modalities and the actors. He addresses the issue of
legitimacy by considering to what extent, and by virtue of which legal
developments,onecanseeimplementingthedemocraticprincipleasa
goalforpublicparticipationinthecontextoftheWTO.Byanalysingthe
institutionalstructureoftheWTOanditsdifferenttypesofdecisions,he
then outlines how this goal should influence the object and modalities
of public participation, which decision-making procedures should be
opened to public participation, and how the mechanisms should be
implemented in practice. Finally, he suggests specific amendments to
existingWTOarrangementsonpublicparticipation.
yves bonzon holdsaPhDininternationallawfromtheUniversityof
Lausanne. He was previously a researcher for the NCCR Trade
Regulations project based at the World Trade Institute in Berne and a
visiting researcher at the Institute of International Economic Law,
GeorgetownUniversity,Washington,D.C.
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Booksintheseries:
PublicParticipationandLegitimacyintheWTO
YvesBonzon
TheChallengeofSafeguardsintheWTO
FernandoPie´rola
GeneralInterestsofHostStatesinInternationalInvestmentLaw
EditedbyGiorgioSacerdoti,PiaAcconci,MaraValentiand
AnnaDeLuca
TheLawofDevelopmentCooperation:AComparativeAnalysisofthe
WorldBank,theEUandGermany
PhilippDann
WTODisciplinesonSubsidiesandCountervailingMeasures:Balancing
PolicySpaceandLegalConstraints
DominicCoppens
DomesticJudicialReviewofTradeRemedies:ExperiencesoftheMost
ActiveWTOMembers
MüslümYilmaz
InternationalOrganizationsinWTODisputeSettlement:HowMuch
InstitutionalSensitivity?
MarinaFoltea
PublicServicesandInternationalTradeLiberalization:HumanRights
andGenderImplications
BarnaliChoudhury
TheLawandPoliticsofWTOWaivers:StabilityandFlexibilityinPublic
InternationalLaw
IsabelFeichtner
AfricanRegionalTradeAgreementsasLegalRegimes
JamesThuoGathii
ProcessesandProductionMethods(PPMs)inWTOLaw:Interfacing
TradeandSocialGoals
ChristianeR.Conrad
Non-DiscriminationinInternationalTradeinServices:‘Likeness’
inWTO/GATS
NicolasDiebold
TheLaw,EconomicsandPoliticsofRetaliationinWTODispute
Settlement
EditedbyChadP.BownandJoostPauwelyn
TheMultilateralizationofInternationalInvestmentLaw
StephanW.Schill
TradePolicyFlexibilityandEnforcementintheWTO:ALaw
andEconomicsAnalysis
SimonA.B.Schropp
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
AND LEGITIMACY
IN THE WTO
YVES BONZON
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