Working Procedures for Appellate Review

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Working Procedures for Appellate Review are the detailed procedural rules that govern how the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body conducts and manages appeals in dispute settlement cases.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO legal instrument ⓘ
procedural rules ⓘ
adoptedBy WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
appliesTo World Trade Organization Appellate Body ⓘ
linked to: WTO Appellate Body
appliesWhen a panel report is appealed to the Appellate Body ⓘ
basedOn Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ⓘ
bindingOn Appellate Body Secretariat in appellate proceedings ⓘ
participants in WTO appellate proceedings ⓘ
third participants in WTO appellate proceedings ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy decision of the Appellate Body ⓘ
citationForm WT/AB/WP/6 (and subsequent revisions) ⓘ
complements Working Procedures for Appellate Review in specific disputes through additional directions ⓘ
governs conduct of appeals in WTO dispute settlement ⓘ
management of appeals in WTO dispute settlement ⓘ
includes rules on composition of Appellate Body Divisions ⓘ
rules on replacement of Appellate Body members in a Division ⓘ
institutionalContext WTO dispute settlement system ⓘ
language official WTO languages ⓘ
legalNature secondary rules under the DSU ⓘ
notRegulating substantive rights and obligations under WTO agreements ⓘ
purpose to ensure orderly and efficient conduct of appeals ⓘ
to provide transparency and predictability in appellate proceedings ⓘ
to safeguard due process rights of participants ⓘ
regulates amicus curiae submissions ⓘ
circulation of Appellate Body reports ⓘ
communication with the media and public ⓘ
confidentiality of appellate proceedings ⓘ
consolidation of related appeals ⓘ
corrections of clerical errors in reports ⓘ
exchange of questions and answers between the Appellate Body and participants ⓘ
filing of notices of appeal ⓘ
oral hearings in appeals ⓘ
organization of the Appellate Body Division hearing the appeal ⓘ
page limits for written submissions ⓘ
participation of third parties in appeals ⓘ
sequencing of multiple appeals in the same dispute ⓘ
service and filing of documents ⓘ
submission of written briefs ⓘ
suspension of time periods in appeals ⓘ
time limits in appellate proceedings ⓘ
translation and languages in appellate proceedings ⓘ
requiresConsistencyWith Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ
WTO Agreement ⓘ
linked to: WTO agreements
scope appeals under Articles 16 and 17 of the DSU ⓘ
shortName Appellate Body Working Procedures ⓘ
subjectMatter procedural aspects of WTO appellate review ⓘ
usedBy Appellate Body Divisions hearing appeals ⓘ
linked to: appellate division

WTO Members involved in disputes ⓘ
third parties in WTO disputes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WTO Appellate Body → proceduralRules → Working Procedures for Appellate Review ⓘ
Working Procedures for Appellate Review → shortName → Appellate Body Working Procedures ⓘ
linked to: Working Procedures for Appellate Review