Nonviolation Complaints

Nonviolation Complaints

Nonviolation Complaints and the GATT Policy Negotiations

In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Nonviolation Complaints: In GATT dispute settlement negotiations, refers to provisions allowing the Contracting Parties to investigate and rule upon complaints concerning measures that are not in violation of GATT or are outside its scope, but which may affect the balance of a member's rights and benefits under the General Agreement. Because any country that considers itself harmed by such measures would claim the right to alter its GATT legal obligations in response, Article 23 provides a way of adjudicating such situations in a multilateral forum. Nevertheless, GATT supervision of nonviolation complaints has proven difficult to implement since it implies altering GATT legal relationships already consented to among contracting parties.


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