{"id":5845,"date":"2018-12-21T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:29:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:29:18","slug":"judges-of-the-international-court-of-justice-decide-to-no-longer-participate-as-arbitrators-in-isds-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2018\/12\/21\/judges-of-the-international-court-of-justice-decide-to-no-longer-participate-as-arbitrators-in-isds-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges of the International Court of Justice decide to no longer participate as arbitrators in ISDS cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/files\/press-releases\/0\/000-20181025-PRE-02-00-EN.pdf\">speech<\/a>\u00a0to the United Nations General Assembly on October 25, 2018, Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), mentioned that the court has decided to restrict the practice of allowing members to serve in arbitral tribunals. 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