Peter Van Den Bossche

Peter van den Bossche (born 1959) is a professor of international economic law at the University of Bern (World Trade Institute).[1] In 2018 he was elected president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL).[2][3][4] He served as a judge on the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2009-2017, following nomination by the European Union and appointment and re-appointment by the Member states of the World Trade Organization.[5][6][7] In December 2013 his appointment was renewed.[8] With the end of his formal appointment at the end of 2017, US-driven delays in appointing his replacement alongside US blocking of other key WTO vacancies has meant a growing crisis for the WTO-based multilateral trading system.[9][10] The election of van den Bossche (an outgoing WTO judge) as SIEL president is considered by some a sign of both defiance to economic nationalism and support for the rules-based multilateral system.[11]

Peter van den Bossche
Born31 March 1959
Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationProfessor of Law
University of Bern,
World Trade Institute
Academic background
Alma materEuropean University Institute
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineInternational Economic Law
International Trade Law
International Investment Law

Prior to his appointment at the University of Bern, he was employed at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University (1992-2016), where he was senior lecturer from 1993-2001, and Professor of International economic law from 2001-2016. From 2005-2009 he was head of department of the Department of International and European Law. In 2007 he founded the Institute for Globalization and International Regulation. From 1990 to 1992, he worked as référendaire at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and, from 1997 to 2001, as senior legal advisor to the WTO Appellate Body in Geneva. He serves on the Advisory Board of several academic law journals: Journal of World Investment and Trade; Journal of International Economic Law; and Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho Comercial Internacional. He is also on the advisory board for the WTO Chairs Programme of the World Trade Organization.[11] Through its various editions, his book The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization has become a standard reference on international trade law and the dispute settlement mechanism.[12] (See International Trade Law.)

He received a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (1990). He also holds a Licence en Droit magna cum laude from the University of Antwerp and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School.[7]

Books
  • Charnovitz, Steve, Debra P. Steger, and Peter van den Bossche, eds., Law in the service of human dignity," Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9781139448420, 9781139448420;
  • van den Bossche, Peter, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization, Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780521898904, 9780521898900, 9780521727594, 9780521727596;
  • Schneider, Hildegard, and Peter van den Bossche, eds. Protection of cultural diversity from a European and international perspective, Vol. 9. Intersentia Uitgevers NV, 2008. ISBN 9789050958646,9050958648;
  • van den Bossche, Peter, and Denise Prévost, Essentials of WTO law, Cambridge University Press, 2016, ISBN 9781107035836, 978110703583X, 9781107638938, 9781107638933;
  • van den Bossche, Peter, Leo Henry, and Werner Zdouc. The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2017, ISBN 9781107694293,971107694299.

References
  1. "Peter van den Bossche Ordentlicher Professor für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht". www.unibe.ch. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. "SIEL Office Bearers as of 2018 Annual General Meeting". www.sielnet.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. "Colloquium on Restoring Trust in Trade in honour of Peter van den Bossche". www.sielnet.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. "Society of International Economic Law elects Peter van den Bossche president". www.wti.org. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. "Belg wordt rechter bij Wereldhandelsorganisatie, De Morgen 29 mei 2009". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. "Peter van den Bossche appointed as one of the seven members of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Affairs Newsroom". 2009-06-19. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. "Appellate Body Members". www.wto.org. World Trade Organization. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. Peter van den Bossche herbenoemd als rechter bij Wereldhandelsorganisatie, Universiteit Maastricht 2 december 2013
  9. Jim Brunsden and Alan Beattie (16 October 2017). "EU's top trade official warns on Trump impact on WTO US stance risks 'killing the WTO from inside', official says". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  10. Baschuk, Bryce (11 September 2017). "U.S. Demands Exacerbate WTO Dispute Body Turmoil". International Trade Daily. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  11. "Peter van Den Bossche". www.coleurope.eu. College of Europe. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  12. Trachtman, Joel P. (16 January 2006). "The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials. Book Review". Journal of International Economic Law. 9 (1): 233–235. doi:10.1093/jiel/jgi053. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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