Appellate Body

The Appellate Body had a busy year in 2015, issuing eleven Appellate Body reports in seven distinct matters. As of the end of 2015, the Appellate Body had circulated 138 reports. Three arbitration proceedings concerning the reasonable period of time for implementation of Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) recommendations and rulings were carried out in 2015. The DSB appointed two Appellate Body members, Ujal Singh Bhatia of India and Thomas Graham of the United States, for second four-year terms.