Cover; Contents; Tables; Figures; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 On Power and Illusion: The Concept of Transparency in International Law; 1. Transparency as Culture; 2. Transparency in International Law (so far); 3. Transparency as Concept; 4. Transparency as Information; 5. Transparency as Illusion; 6. Transparency as Power ( -Knowledge); Part I International Environmental Law; 2 Transparency and International Environmental Institutions; 1. Introduction; 2. Why Transparency?; 3. Transparency: Patterns and Challenges.
2.2 Transparency in Decision-making2.2.1 The Role of the Different Actors in the Decision-making Process; 2.2.2 The Unequal Power of Member Countries in Decision-making; 2.2.3 Procedural Rules Hindering the Transparency of Executive Board Meetings; 2.2.4 The Role of Civil Society in Decision-making; 2.3 Operational Transparency; 2.4 Conclusions on IMF Transparency; 3. Transparency in the World Bank; 3.1 Documentary Transparency; 3.2 Transparency in Decision-making; 3.3 Operational Transparency; 3.4 Conclusions on World Bank Transparency; 4. Transparency in the G-20.
3.1 Access to Information, Open Deliberations and Meaningful Participation3.2 Exchange of Information, Reporting and Compliance; 3.3 Engaging the Private Sector: Naming and Shaming and Privatization; 4. Conclusion; 3 Global or European Only? International Law on Transparency in Environmental Matters for Members of the Public; 1. Dimensions of Transparency in Environmental Matters; 2. Transparency in Environmental Matters: What, Why, Where and How?; 3. Transparency in the Aarhus Convention and European Convention on Human Rights; 3.1 Transparency in the Aarhus Convention.
3.2 Transparency through Access to Information3.3 Transparency through Public Participation in Decision-making; 3.4 Transparency through Access to Justice; 3.5 Transparency in the European Convention on Human Rights; 3.6 Combined Effect on Transparency; 4. Transparency Elsewhere: Fragments or Trends?; 5. Conclusions; Part II International Economic Law; 4 Transparency in International Financial Institutions; 1. In Search of a Concept of Institutional Transparency in the Financial World; 2. Transparency in the International Monetary Fund (IMF); 2.1 Documentary Transparency.
4. Change of Dynamics in the WTO -- Participation, Due Process and Outreach.
5. Transparency in the Financial Stability Board (FSB)6. Final Remarks; 5 Institutional Transparency in the WTO; 1. Introduction; 2. Transparency in WTO Decision-making Processes; 3. Transparency in WTO Adjudication; 3.1 Transparency in the Panel and Appellate Body Proceedings; 3.2 Selected Issues Regarding Internal Transparency; 3.2.1 Confidentiality of Proceedings; 3.2.2 Due Process; 3.2.3 Judicial Law-making? Amicus Curiae and Private Counsel; 3.3 Selected Issues Regarding External Transparency; 3.3.1 Public Hearings; 3.3.2 Public Relations of the WTO Adjudicating Bodies.
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Analyses the hitherto unexplored issues concerning transparency in key areas of international law.