New Developments in International Advocacy: Amcius Curiae and the World Trade Organisation

Abstract

In 2002 the Interior Alliance of British Columbia successfully submitted an amicus curiae brief to the World Trade Organisation ('WTO') panel established to resolve the US-Canada Softwood Lumber dispute. The decision of the panel to accept the brief is not a novel juridical development within the WTO dispute settlement system. However, for Indigenous peoples the decision is significant.