Dispute settlement mechanisms (DSM) are the heart of international organisations without which organisations would be ineffective. The European Union (EU) is probably the most effective regional body whose efficacy is largely due to its powerful judicial organ, the Court of Justice (CJEU). This article also examines the DSM available in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in order to assess its effectiveness. It briefly discusses aspects of the EU and CJEU to help provide suggestions to improve the GCC DSM. This article concludes that the GCC DSM lacks effectiveness due to an inherent defect in its DMS organs. This defect is twofold: first, the GCC has yet to establish an effective judicial organ to deal with its disputes; and, second, there is a lack of political will to establish an organ that is vested with a supranational power that can override the individual will of the Member States.

争端解决机制 ( DSM ) 是国际组织的核心，没有它，组织将无法发挥作用。欧盟 (EU) 可能是最有效的区域机构，其效力主要归功于其强大的司法机构，即欧洲法院 ( CJEU )。本文还研究了海湾合作委员会 ( GCC ) 中可用的DSM，以评估其有效性。它简要讨论了 EU 和CJEU的各个方面，以帮助提供改进GCC DSM 的建议。本文得出结论认为，由于DMS的固有缺陷，GCC DSM缺乏有效性器官。这种缺陷是双重的：第一，海合会尚未建立有效的司法机构来处理其争端；其次，缺乏建立一个拥有超国家权力的机构的政治意愿，可以凌驾于成员国的个人意愿之上。