Separate opinion of Judge Iwasawa
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE IWASAWA
It is ill-advised to describe Ukraine’s submission (b) as a “non-violation complaint” because this term has a special meaning in WTO law The practices of the WTO provide no assistance to the Court because they are based on particular provisions of the DSU.
There are three elements required for the application of the principle of res judicata, namely identity of the “parties”, the “object” and the “ground” Some tribunals have focused on “the question at issue”, without distinguishing “object” and “ground” as two separate elements.