Aplicabilidad de los principios el que contamina, paga" y "precautorio" para la gestión ambiental de los residuos industriales sólidos de Colombia: un enfoque legal"

Incluye Bibliografía

Aplicabilidad de los principios el que contamina, paga" y "precautorio" para la gestión ambiental de los residuos industriales sólidos en el Municipio de Campinas, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil: un enfoque legal"

Incluye Bibliografía

Aplicabilidad de los principios el que contamina, paga" y "precautorio" para la gestión ambiental de los residuos industriales sólidos de la ciudad de Quito, Ecuador: un enfoque legal"

Incluye Bibliografía

Mercados de derechos de agua: entorno legal

Incluye Bibliografía

Legal implications concerning the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Developing Countries: Peru

Includes bibliography

Pobreza, derecho y asistencia legal

Incluye Bibliografía

Análisis de la gestión del riego en Mendoza: sus determinantes sociales, institucionales, legales y administrativos: resumen = A study of irrigation management in Mendoza: social, institutional, legal and administrative factors: summary

Incluye Bibliografía

Comprehensive national child protection systems: legal basis and current practice in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography.

Reducing Legal Uncertainty: A Challenge for Subregional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Despite the recovery in intraregional trade over the past three years, intra-group trade, that is trade within the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), the Andean Community (CAN) and the Central American Common Market (CACM), remains much weaker than that observed within similar groups in other regions of the world. This weakness is due essentially to the serious lack of complementarity in the process of eliminating tariff barriers (see chapter 3 of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2004: Trends 2005, and the study on regional integration entitled: "América Latina y El Caribe: La integración regional en la hora de las definiciones", which is due to be published shortly and which updates basic information for the year 2005). The reasons include (a) weak institutional capacities; (b) the lack of macroeconomic coordination; (c) inadequate infrastructure and d) the lack of depth in integration-related trade disciplines.  This edition of the Bulletin reviews the mechanisms for dispute settlement within Mercosur, the Andean Community and CACM with a view to drawing conclusions on the extent to which they are used. In order to reform such mechanisms, consideration should be given to the creation of a single dispute settlement mechanism which would replicate the procedures and regulations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Ten Years of Operation of the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Outcome for Latin America and the Caribbean

Dispute settlement mechanisms help to create a fairly predictable and accurate environment in which economic agents can pursue their activities in the international arena. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) has now been in operation for 10 years and it is fitting, at this point to assess the progress achieved by Latin America and the Caribbean, the region that made most use of this mechanism during the period, and whose countries have made significant gains against protectionism in key export sectors. These successes constitute important precedents which will influence upcoming multilateral negotiations and future trade disputes.This article reviews the work carried out by the DSB, the role of the leading stakeholders in the system (the United States and the European Union) and progress made by countries of the region in a global context marked by the complexity of trade issues and the legal framework that regulates them. The findings presented in this article are based on the study "Una década de funcionamiento del Sistema de Solución de Diferencias de la OMC: avances y desafíos".

Autonomía y capacidad legal de las personas mayores: conceptos, mecanismos de protección y oportunidades de incidencia

En la base de la discriminación por edad se ubica la privación de la capacidad jurídica de las personas mayores y, por consiguiente, la limitación de su autonomía y de su poder para tomar decisiones. En este artículo se realiza un acercamiento al tema de la capacidad legal de este grupo social y los mecanismos necesarios para protegerla, y se analizan las oportunidades de incidencia a nivel internacional, regional y nacional para garantizar el igual reconocimiento de las personas mayores ante la ley.