The government of Kenya has nominated Professor James Thuo Gathii a renowned international scholar for appointment to the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), for a slot opening up after David Unterhalter's term comes to an end in December this year.
Professor Gathii is currently a professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago where he holds the distinguished Wing-Tat Lee Chai in International law. He teaches International trade law, facilitates international law student and faculty exchanges, plans and develops international programs and conferences. Gathii has also consulted for a variety of United Nations agencies on WTO law and is a graduate of the prestigious Havard Law School with SJD (Phd.) 1999
The WTO Appellate Body was established in 1995 under Article 17 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) and is a standing body of seven persons that hears appeals from reports issued by panels in disputes brought by WTO Members. The Appellate Body sits in Geneva Switzerland and Members appointed by the DSB to serve, do so for four-year terms, with the possibility of being reappointed once. The Appellate Body membership is broadly representative of the Membership in the WTO.
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