The role of the World Trade Organization in the international anti-corruption movement

Corruption adversely affects various aspects of economic activity, including international trade. As corruption affects international trade in a number of ways, various countries and international organisations have made co-ordinated efforts to effectively control corruption in general and in the context of international trade. Despite the World Trade Organization's role as a body for making and enforcing international trade rules, it has not actively participated in the fight against corruption in the trade arena. This paper explores why the World Trade Organization has made no anti-corruption initiatives and provides a review of the current role that is played by the organization in the international anti-corruption movement, through its existing framework. The study also includes a review of the different instruments put in place by other organisations and countries that have actively participated in combating corruption in international trade, and whether the World Trade Organization should follow-suit

A Deep Structure Connection: Child Labor And The World Trade Organization

I would like to begin my remarks by making two utterly contradictory statements with regard to the relationship, as I see it, between the global phenomenon of child labor, and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

ISLA Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Unquestionably, there is growing interest in the subject of international law at several educational levels and among a broad constituency of students

Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Laws

Padideh Ala\u27i, Lecture, Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Laws (Foreign Law Seminar, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Oct. 1998)

Role of Legal System in a Market Economy

Padideh Ala\u27i, Lecture, Role of Legal System in a Market Economy (Beijing, P.R.C., July 1993)

Enforceability of Arbitral Awards

Padideh Ala\u27i, Lecture, Enforceability of Arbitral Awards (International Law Institute, Wash., D.C., 1991)

Supra-national Governance and the WTO, NYU School of Law, Institute for International Law & Justice (2008).

Padideh Ala\u27i, Supra-national Governance and the WTO, NYU School of Law, Institute for International Law & Justice (2008)