The WTO Consultative Report, dubbed the ‘Sutherland Report’ (the Report), was released on 17 January 2005 in an attempt to identify the WTO's institutional challenges, to provide non-binding recommendations from eminent persons, and thus to trigger a ‘process of reflection’. While these challenges (and criticism) vary, they are inextricably linked to the fundamental question of the legitimacy of WTO as a system, not necessarily as a mere gathering of 148 Members. In fact, the question has hotly been debated ever since the WTO's creation, generating a great deal of debates and reactions among scholars and politicians alike.