DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY (CAN) 1August 19th, 2007
FiledAugust 19th, 2007The principal legal instruments that govern the Andean Community’s dispute settlement system are the Cartagena Agreement,2 its protocols and additional instruments, the Treaty Creating the Court of Justice of the Andean Community, the Cochabamba Protocol, the decisions of the Commission and the resolutions of the General Secretariat. The Cartagena Agreement assigns the jurisdictional function within the process of integration to the Court of Justice of the Andean Community, and entrusts the General Secretariat with the task of administrative investigation (also referred to as the prelitigious phase) to determine whether States parties have been responsible for non-compliance and with the task of monitoring consistency within the Andean legal regime.