{{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Peter Van den Bossche | honorific_suffix = | image = Peter van den Bossche at the World Trade Organization Meet the Author - Commentaries on World Trade Law.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = Peter Leo Henri Van den Bossche | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|31}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = | education = | alma_mater = University of Antwerp (LLM)<br/>University of Michigan (LLM)<br/>European University Institute (PhD) | thesis_title = European Community food aid as an instrument for economic and social development and humanitarian relief? Prospects for and constraints on further changes in European Community food aid law | thesis_url = https://cadmus.eui.eu/entities/publication/2e8295bf-43bd-5282-a401-e00b4ddb55c3 | thesis_year = 1990 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = Joseph H. H. Weiler | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = Public international law | sub_discipline = International economic law <br /> International trade law <br /> International investment law | workplaces = Xi'an Jiaotong University<br/>University of Bern<br/>Maastricht University | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Peter Leo Henri Van den Bossche''' (born 31 March 1959) is a Belgian legal scholar. Van den Bossche professor of international economic law at the school of law of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter L. H. Van den Bossche |url=https://fxy.xjtu.edu.cn/info/1111/7381.htm |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Law}}</ref> Previously he was a professor at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern.<ref>{{cite web |title= Peter van den Bossche Ordentlicher Professor für Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht |url= http://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/medien/media_relations/archiv/personalia_archiv/2016/personalia_2016/neuanstellungen_februar_juli_2016/peter_van_den_bossche/index_ger.html |website= www.unibe.ch |accessdate= 4 October 2018 |date= 2016-07-05 |archive-date= 2018-10-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181004144916/http://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/medien/media_relations/archiv/personalia_archiv/2016/personalia_2016/neuanstellungen_februar_juli_2016/peter_van_den_bossche/index_ger.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> In 2018 he was elected president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL).<ref>{{cite web |title=SIEL Office Bearers as of 2018 Annual General Meeting |url=http://www.sielnet.org/page-1824535 |website=www.sielnet.org |accessdate=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004103802/http://www.sielnet.org/page-1824535 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Colloquium on Restoring Trust in Trade in honour of Peter van den Bossche |url=http://www.sielnet.org/News/6390568 |website=www.sielnet.org |accessdate=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004104126/http://www.sielnet.org/News/6390568 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Society of International Economic Law elects Peter van den Bossche president| url=https://www.wti.org/institute/news/518/society-of-international-economic-law-elects-peter-van-den-bossche-president/ | website=www.wti.org | accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> He served as a judge on the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2009-2017, following nomination by the European Union and appointment and re-appointment by the Member states of the World Trade Organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Belg wordt rechter bij Wereldhandelsorganisatie, ''De Morgen'' 29 mei 2009. |date=29 May 2009 |url=http://www.demorgen.be/buitenland/belg-wordt-rechter-bij-wereldhandelsorganisatie-ba8dcc01| accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Peter van den Bossche appointed as one of the seven members of the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), ''Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Affairs Newsroom'' |url=https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/Newsroom/news/press_releases/foreign_affairs/2009/juny/ni_190609_van_den_bossche_nieuw_lid_wto | accessdate=4 October 2018|date=2009-06-19 }}</ref><ref name=WTOBIO>{{cite web |title=Appellate Body Members |url=https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/ab_members_bio_e.htm |website=www.wto.org |publisher=World Trade Organization |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> In December 2013 his appointment was renewed.<ref>[http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main1/SiteWide/SiteWide11/PeterVanDenBosscheHerbenoemdAlsRechterBijWereldhandelsorganisatie.htm Peter van den Bossche herbenoemd als rechter bij Wereldhandelsorganisatie], ''Universiteit Maastricht 2 december 2013''</ref> With the end of his formal appointment at the end of 2017, US-driven delays in appointing his replacement alongside US blocking of other key WTO vacancies has meant a growing crisis for the WTO-based multilateral trading system.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jim Brunsden and Alan Beattie |title=EU's top trade official warns on Trump impact on WTO US stance risks 'killing the WTO from inside', official says |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f6a7768c-b029-11e7-aab9-abaa44b1e130 |accessdate=4 October 2018 |publisher=Financial Times |date=16 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baschuk |first1=Bryce |title=U.S. Demands Exacerbate WTO Dispute Body Turmoil |url=https://www.bna.com/us-demands-exacerbate-n57982087682/ |accessdate=4 October 2018 |work=International Trade Daily |publisher=Bloomberg |date=11 September 2017}}</ref> The election of van den Bossche (an outgoing WTO judge) as SIEL president is considered by some a sign of both defiance to economic nationalism and support for the rules-based multilateral system.<ref name=statement>{{cite web |title=Peter van Den Bossche |url=https://www.coleurope.eu/whoswho/person/peter.van-den-bossche |website=www.coleurope.eu |publisher=College of Europe |accessdate=16 October 2018}}</ref>
Prior to his appointment at the University of Bern, he was employed at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University (1992-2016), where he was senior lecturer from 1993-2001, and Professor of International economic law from 2001-2016. From 2005-2009 he was head of department of the Department of International and European Law. In 2007 he founded the Institute for Globalization and International Regulation. From 1990 to 1992, he worked as référendaire at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and, from 1997 to 2001, as senior legal advisor to the WTO Appellate Body in Geneva. He serves on the Advisory Board of several academic law journals: ''Journal of World Investment and Trade''; ''Journal of International Economic Law''; and ''Revista Latinoamericana de Derecho Comercial Internacional''. He is also on the advisory board for the ''WTO Chairs Programme'' of the World Trade Organization.<ref name=statement/> Through its various editions, his book ''The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization'' has become a standard reference on international trade law and the dispute settlement mechanism.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trachtman |first1=Joel P. |title=The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials. Book Review |journal=Journal of International Economic Law |date=16 January 2006 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=233–235 |doi=10.1093/jiel/jgi053 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jiel/article-abstract/9/1/233/847594?redirectedFrom=PDF |accessdate=4 October 2018|url-access=subscription }}</ref> (See International Trade Law.)
He received a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (1990). He also holds a Licence en Droit magna cum laude from the University of Antwerp and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School.<ref name=WTOBIO/>
== Books ==
* Charnovitz, Steve, Debra P. Steger, and Peter Van den Bossche, eds., ''Law in the service of human dignity,'' Cambridge University Press, 2005, {{ISBN|9781139448420}}, 9781139448420; * Van den Bossche, Peter, ''The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization,'' Cambridge University Press, 2008, {{ISBN|9780521898904}}, 9780521898900, 9780521727594, 9780521727596; * Schneider, Hildegard, and Peter van den Bossche, eds. ''Protection of cultural diversity from a European and international perspective,'' Vol. 9. Intersentia Uitgevers NV, 2008. {{ISBN|9789050958646}},9050958648; * Van den Bossche, Peter, and Denise Prévost, ''Essentials of WTO law, '' Cambridge University Press, 2016, {{ISBN|9781107035836}}, 978110703583X, 9781107638938, 9781107638933; * Van den Bossche, Peter, Leo Henry, and Werner Zdouc. ''The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials, '' Cambridge University Press, 2017, {{ISBN|9781107694293}},971107694299.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:van den Bossche, Peter}} Category:European University Institute alumni Category:Living people Category:Academic staff of Maastricht University Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni Category:Academic staff of the University of Bern Category:1959 births Category:Members of the Appellate Body Category:International law scholars Category:International trade law Category:University of Antwerp alumni