Howse Robert
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Risk Anal. 2004 Apr;24(2):501-7. doi: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00448.x.
This article provides a brief critical examination of a 2002 report jointly issued by the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization on WTO law and public health. The author argues that the report is in many respects misleading as to the content of WTO law, as interpreted by the Appellate Body of the WTO, its final court. In particular, the WHO/WTO report systematically understates or underestimates the margins of regulatory autonomy that WTO member states have to make regulations that protect public health.
本文对世界卫生组织和世界贸易组织于2002年联合发布的一份关于世贸组织法律与公共卫生的报告进行了简要批判性审视。作者认为，就世贸组织终审法院——上诉机构所解释的世贸组织法律内容而言，该报告在诸多方面具有误导性。特别是，世卫组织/世贸组织的这份报告系统性地低估或轻视了世贸组织成员国在制定保护公共卫生法规方面所拥有的监管自主权范围。
