Tag: Dispute settlement

South Africa, the world’s biggest orange exporter after Spain and Egypt, will avoid citrus shipments through Spanish ports to avert a possible ban after authorities there refused...

This UNCTAD IIA Issues Note reviews recent trends in international investment agreements (IIAs) as well as investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases, providing up-to-date stat...

by Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate The South African Minister of Trade has announced his intention to declare a formal dispute with the EU, under the Dispute Settlement Understa...

Officials and legal experts attending a regional conference on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Nairobi said independent courts with trained manpower are required to arbit...

While India still struggles with her own basic IT infrastructure including (but not limited to) lackluster internet connectivity or power issues, in one area Indians have consist...

Citrus growers in South Africa, the world’s biggest orange exporter, asked the government to set up an independent panel to help resolve a dispute with the European Union over th...

The European Union welcomes the agreement reached on 9 July 2014 on a new United Nations convention to strengthen transparency in investor-state disputes. The Convention on Transp...

Gerhard Erasmus, tralac Associate, discusses the international legal framework governing South African trade remedy investigations with respect to imports from the EU South Africa...

As the region prepares for the 2014 SADC Summit to be held in August, tralac takes note of two articles from the SADC Treaty: Article 23 of the Treaty states that SADC “shall ...

The Trade Law Centre (tralac) hosted a small workshop on dispute settlement, focusing specifically on trade-related disputes, on 26 May 2014 in Cape Town. The aim was to consi...

China announced to the WTO Secretariat on 17 April 2014 its decision to appeal certain issues of law and legal interpretation in the panel report in the case “China –...

tralac hosted its 2014 Annual Conference, a multi-stakeholder forum for trade-related developments for eastern and southern Africa, at The Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town, South ...

It is my pleasure to share with you UNCTAD’s IIA Issues Note on the latest developments in investor-State dispute settlement. ISDS continues to be in the spotlight thanks to...

The World Trade Organization ruled Wednesday that China has violated international trade rules with its restrictions on the export of 17 “rare earths” and two other minerals th...

In a landmark case involving Polytol Paints and Mauritius, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Court of Justice First Instance Division made a ruling that su...

Kahaki Jere, tralac intern, discusses the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Dispute Settlement Mechanism and the need for clarification of technical issues As negotiation...

Kahaki Jere, tralac intern, discusses whether the underutilisation of regional Courts in dispute settlement in COMESA, EAC and SADC is a sign of lack of awareness of the role of re...

Kahaki Jere, tralac intern, discusses the first case brought by a legal person against a COMESA member state with regard to its Treaty obligations in the area of trade liberalisati...

The European Union supported new United Nations rules for greater transparency in disputes between investors and host countries. On Friday 8 February a United Nations Working Grou...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, discusses Brazil’s filing of a WTO dispute against South Africa On 21 June 2012 Brazil requested consultations with South Africa on Sout...