How can international economic law judges ensure effective environmental protection ?

Session 4 - Judges and international environmental law

Chair : Yves Daudet, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, President of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.

Abstract

The WTO judge has succeeded in integrating environmental protection into his reading, interpretation and application of old GATT provisions, taking into account new WTO objectives which include the protection of sustainable development.

Gabrielle Marceau

Associate Professor UNIGE, legal advisor in WTO disputes 1994 - 2020, advisor to the cabinet of DG Pascal Lamy 2005-2010, senior advisor, ERSD research, WTO.