人权法视野下的DSB管辖权

DSB Jurisdiction Viewed from the Perspective of Human Rights Law

管辖权的确定是争端解决的前提,WTO争端解决机构审理案件同样如此。分析启动WTO争端解决程序的条件和DSB管辖权的特点,可知DSB管辖权是有限的,DSB不能受理指控违反人权法的申诉,也无权解释、评估某项贸易措施是否符合人权法,但这并不妨碍它以符合人权法的方式就争议问题作出裁决。

The determination of jurisdiction is a prerequisite for the settlement of disputes,as in the case of WTO dispute settlement.An analysis of the conditions for kick-starting the WTO dispute settlement procedures and the characteristics of DSB jurisdiction reveals that DSB jurisdiction is limited.The DSB cannot accept complaints about human rights violations or determine whether a particular trade measure conforms to the human rights law,but this does not prevent it from making a verdict on a dispute in a way consistent with the human rights law.