The measures for the conservation of swordfish adopted by Chile encountered strong opposition from the European Union, which decided to appeal against Chile before the dispute settlement mechanisms of the WTO. For its part, Chile decided to appeal to the Tribunal of the Sea to establish its right to take conservation measures in the high seas adjacent to its exclusive economic zone. Although, for now, both procedures are suspended, it is interesting to review the strengths and weaknesses of the Chilean position. The effective force that the Chilean arguments may have will not only depend on their argumentative quality but also on their possibilities to face the substantive conflict of norms that underlies this controversy and to impose their position. Likewise, the controversy raises a conflict of jurisdiction that makes the dispute more complex if there are contradictory jurisdictional decisions.
Keywords:
Chile, European Union, Swordfish, Dispute Settlement, Jurisdictions
Author Biographies
Dominique Hervé
Abogada, Profesora Asistente e Investigadora del Centro de Derecho Ambiental, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile.
Ximena Fuentes Torrijo
Licenciada en ciencias jurídicas y sociales, U. de Chile, D.Phil (Oxford); profesora asociada, Facultad de Derecho Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Hervé, D., & Fuentes Torrijo, X. (2004). El caso del pez espada : una controversia de jurisdicción y de derecho sustantivo, y los diversos argumentos para inclinar la balanza. Estudios Internacionales, 37(145), p. 83–121. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.2004.14578
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