Since 2001, ITN has offered news, analysis and opinions on international investment law and its implications for sustainable development. The service began as a list serve where information and views were shared among members, before becoming an electronic newsletter produced by a small editorial team. In its present form, ITN combines these functions by serving as a Web-based platform for discussion and debate, as well as providing regular reporting on developments and trends in international investment law. 
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As a negotiator for the Mexican Government, Alejandro Faya-Rodriguez, led talks on 10 bilateral investment treaties and an investment chapter within a free trade agreement. He recently moved to a new post as a special legal advisor to the Ministry of Economy.
Mr. Faya-Rodriguez spoke to ITN about the responsibilities of an investment treaty negotiator, his toughest negotiations, and where he sees the international investment law regime headed in the future. Read more ...
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By Gus Van Harten - 7 August 2008
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I shall lay out an argument for an international investment court, not because I wish to associate myself with grandiose schemes for international reform, but because I see it as the most pragmatic and appropriate way to fix serious problems in the existing system of investment treaty arbitration. Read more ...
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By Fernando Cabrera Diaz - 6 August 2008
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A July 16-17 meeting of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (comprised of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Nicaragua, and Venezuela)* ended without public mention of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank agency that administers investor-state arbitrations. Nonetheless, the bloc’s push for a regional alternative to the Centre initiated at last year’s forum is gaining some momentum. Read more ...
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By Elizabeth Whitsitt - 25 July 2008
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An ICSID tribunal has ruled on whether to uphold objections filed by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan pursuant to Rule 41(5) of the ICSID Arbitration Rules in response to claims made by Trans-Global Petroleum Inc., a U.S. corporation based in Texas. The Tribunal’s decision, handed down on 12 May 2008, marks the first time that Rule 41(5) has been considered since its introduction into the ICSID Arbitration Rules in April 2006. Read more ...
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