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The Tribunal: An Uncomfortable Journey Into the Human Realities of ISDS
The Tribunal: ISDS and local communities in times of a climate change revolution
The Tribunal: A film that invites arbitration practitioners to take investment-affected communities and the environment seriously
The Tribunal: A powerful exposition of investment arbitration’s distance from and indifference to lived realities
A Bottom-up Approach to Aligning International Investment Agreements and Climate Change Goals
Resurgence of Contract-Based ISDS and the Risk of Internationalizing Investor–State Relations
To Transform the International Investment Regime, Look to Political Risk Insurance and Not (Only) to Investment Treaties
A Just and Equitable Transition in the Shadow of Investment Treaties
Understanding the Dynamics of Special Economic Zones and International Investment Law in the Quest for Sustainable Development: A closer look at China and South Africa’s legal frameworks
Overview of Recent Fossil Fuel Arbitration Cases Under the Energy Charter Treaty
Reforming Damages in ISDS and the Problem of Full Reparation
The Coherence Challenge in Tackling Labour Rights Through International Investment Regulations: A case study of Egypt
The assessment of damages is perhaps the most controversial of all issues covered by UNCITRAL Working Group III (WGIII), whose overall mandate is to identify concerns related to the operation […]
Insights A Proposal for Reforming the Calculation of Damages in Investment-Treaty Arbitration, by Martin Jarrett Awards and Decisions Páramos protection-related case decided in favour of Colombia, this time (Red Eagle […]
Insights ISDS and Fossil Fuels: What role for a carveout?, by Lukas Schaugg, Suzy Nikièma, and Nathalie Bernasconi Successful Regional Investment Negotiations as a tool for IIAs Reform: A Multi-Identity […]
Complex Designers and Emergent Design: Reforming the Investment Treaty System Anthea Roberts and Taylor St John, American Journal of International Law, 116(1), 96–149. Sept 2021 Available here. Overview of Contract […]
International Institute for Sustainable Development Video available here
Talks on a possible COVID-19-related Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) decision aimed at scaling up vaccine and therapeutics production and equitable distribution continue, despite the postponement of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference. Without coordination between a TRIPS decision and WTO members’ IIA obligations, these obligations could significantly reduce any decision’s effectiveness.
UNCITRAL’s Working Group III—charged with global ISDS reform—has circulated its third draft Code of Conduct for investment adjudicators and suggested means for its implementation and enforcement. This article aims to give negotiators an overview of the Code’s provisions, clarify what they mean in practice, and identify specific key issues.
Investors’ International Law
Edited by Jean Ho and Mavluda Sattorova, Hart Publishing (2021)
UNCTAD Report on new IIAs and IIA reform processes in 2020–2021 Available here. Bringing Teeth to Mandatory Business and Human Rights Rules: A Conversation with Rachel Chambers and Anil Yilmaz […]
This article takes stock of UNCITRAL WGIII on ISDS reform discussions on the regulation of third-party funding.
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) faces criticism for its outdated investment provisions and the threats it poses to the energy transition. This article examines one option for states to solve this problem—withdrawal from the treaty—and what this could mean for the EU and its member states, along with its impact on the energy transition in general.
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On November 12, 2020, Peter Tomka was re-elected to the United Nations’ International Court of Justice (ICJ). Tomka has served as a judge on the ICJ since 2003 and will […]
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Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this […]
CME Czech Republic B.V. v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL Ronald S. Lauder v. Czech Republic, UNCITRAL (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on […]
CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on […]
Continental Casualty Co. v. Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/9 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October […]
Emilio Agustín Maffezini v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/7 (Decision on Jurisdiction) (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this […]
Methanex Corp. v. United States of America, UNCITRAL (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, 2018. […]
Parkerings–Compagniet AS v. Republic of Lithuania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/8 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, […]
Phoenix Action Ltd. v. Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/5 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, […]
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/13 (Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction) (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases […]
Siemens A.G. v. Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/8 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October […]
Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; […]
World Duty Free Co. Ltd. v. Republic of Kenya, ICSID Case No. ARB/00/7 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website […]
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/2 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the 2010s and on this website on […]
Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energia Solar Luxembourg S.à.r.l v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/36 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the […]
Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the 2010s and on this website on […]
Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: […]
Churchill Mining PLC and Planet Mining Pty Ltd v. Republic of Indonesia, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/14 and ICSID Case No. ARB/12/40 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable […]
Glamis Gold Ltd. v. United States of America (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, 2018. […]
Metalclad Corp. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/97/1 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on October 18, […]
Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Occidental Exploration and Production Co. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11 (Decision on Jurisdiction) (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from […]
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Republic of the Philippines, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/6 (Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction and Separate Declaration) (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: […]
Tecnicas Medioambientales Tecmed S.A. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/2 (Originally published in 2011 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from 2000–2010; republished on this website on […]
Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the 2010s and on this […]
Philip Morris Brands Sàrl, Philip Morris Products S.A. and Abal Hermanos S.A. v. Oriental Republic of Uruguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/7 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key […]
Crystallex International Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/11/2 (Published in 2018 in International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Key cases from the 2010s and on this website […]
