ITN September 2023

iNSIGHTS

  • What’s Happening on Investment Facilitation: A survey of recent global developments. By Shantanu Singh. Read
  • Causation and the Broken Chain: An Analysis in light of the Lone Star Award. By Tathagata Choudhury. Read
  • Innovation and Local Production Under the AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights: A strategic approach to intellectual property rights. By Ronald Eberhard Tundang. Read

nEWS IN BRIEF

  • WTO Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development is finalized. Read
  • European Commission proposes a coordinated EU withdrawal from the ECT. Read
  • UK to consider withdrawal from ECT if reform fails. Read
  • Spanish-owned property being seized in the United Kingdom. Read
  • U.S. Court overturns a decision to enforce the Devas award. Read
  • Czechia prevails in an arbitration brought by a former Czech senator. Read
  • The German courts offer protection from intra-EU arbitrations. Read
  • UNCITRAL Working Group III: The Commission adopts the Working Group’s first outcome. Read

aWARDS AND DECISIONS

  • The English High Court Greenlights Enforcement of an ICSID Arbitration Award Issued in Intra-EU Investment Treaty Proceedings. By Karolina Latasz & Ruggero Chicco. Read
  • UNCITRAL Tribunal Upholds Ghana’s Jurisdictional Objections Against Chinese Investor. Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting Tech. Co., Ltd v. The Republic of Ghana (I), PCA Case No. 2021-15. By Shantanu Singh. Read