wtodispute_canada_oct06-d49e1c6531065573.pdf

In a letter dated October 10, 2006, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) urges the Canadian government to adopt a policy of requesting web-cast hearings for all WTO dispute settlements. While praising Canada's use of closed-circuit television for the Beef Hormones case hearings in Geneva during 2005 and 2006, CIEL argues that physical attendance is prohibitively expensive for citizens of developing countries and the Global South. The letter asserts that web-casting would increase transparency and efficiency by removing the need for physical space and security clearances.

• The Canadian Government allowed the public in Geneva to view the World Trade Organization (WTO) Beef Hormones case hearings in September 2005 and September/October 2006 via closed-circuit television.
• Current access to WTO hearings is limited to those with the financial resources to travel to Geneva, which effectively excludes much of civil society, particularly non-industry groups and ordinary citizens from the Global South and developing countries.
• Web-casting is proposed as a more efficient and transparent alternative to closed-circuit television because it removes the need for physical space, pre-hearing clearance processes, and security personnel for entrance, and the WTO already possesses the technical capacity for it.
• The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) requests that the government of Canada establish an official policy to request open web-cast hearings for all WTO dispute settlement hearings in which Canada is a party.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2006). wtodispute_canada_oct06-d49e1c6531065573.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WTODispute_Canada_Oct06.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. wtodispute_canada_oct06-d49e1c6531065573.pdf. 2006. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WTODispute_Canada_Oct06.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2006wtodisputecanadaoct06d49e1c6531065573pdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{wtodispute\_canada\_oct06-d49e1c6531065573.pdf}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2006}, month = oct, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WTODispute_Canada_Oct06.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }