Date: 2015
Type: Article
Targeting compliance : prospective remedies in international law
Journal of international dispute settlement, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 462-484[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
VIDIGAL, Geraldo, Targeting compliance : prospective remedies in international law, Journal of international dispute settlement, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 462-484[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39355
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This article examines remedies awarded by international courts and tribunals with the aim of inducing substantive compliance rather than providing reparation for injury. Authors and courts have traditionally assumed that compliance is a matter for states and political bodies rather than adjudicators. Within the field of international trade law, however, a set of ‘prospective’ remedies has emerged, designed to create incentives for future compliance rather than to determine reparation for past injury. Prospective remedies, including control over compliance and authorizations for retaliation, have sometimes been considered to be unique to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization (WTO) system, and responsible for its ‘teeth’. On closer examination, however, there is little that is unique about the jurisdiction exercised by WTO adjudicators at the implementation stage. International courts may make, and have sometimes made, determinations with a prospective character, ensuring continued judicial oversight over disputes and providing prevailing parties with the option of adjudication as a means to press for compliance.
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First published online: July 14, 2015
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39355
Full-text via DOI: 10.1093/jnlids/idv018
ISSN: 2040-3593; 2040-3585
Series/Number: [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Other topic(s): Trade, investment and international cooperation
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