Public International Law Notes

ICSID releases its background paper on annulment: Growth in the number of proceedings with a low annulment rate

On 11 March 2024, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published its most recent Background Paper on the annulment …

Honduras Denounces the ICSID Convention

Honduras Denounces the ICSID Convention On February 24, 2024, the Republic of Honduras (“Honduras”) sent a written notice to the World Bank denouncing …

Surge in cases as ICSID releases its 2023 caseload statistics

On 1 February 2024, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) released its caseload statistics for the 2023 calendar year, …

UNCITRAL publishes final Codes of Conduct for Arbitrators and Judges in International Investment Disputes

UNCITRAL has published the final texts of its Code of Conduct for Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes (Arbitrators’ Code) and Code of …

Novel decision by English Court on state immunity and the enforcement of ICSID awards

RECENT ICSID DEVELOPMENTS: CASELOAD STATISTICS AND THE FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE UNDER THE ICSID 2022 RULES

ICSID has recently released its biannual caseload statistics for FY2023 and a separate publication reviewing the first year of practice under the newly …

GERMAN FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE RULES ON APPLICATIONS TO DECLARE TWO PENDING INTRA-EU ICSID ARBITRATIONS INADMISSIBLE

 INTRODUCTION On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") ruled on applications by Germany and the Netherlands to declare two …

ICSID releases complete 2022 caseload statistics

ICSID published on 30 January 2023 its case statistics up to 31 December 2022 (see here). This post examines the latest trends as compared to ICSID's …

Colombia and Venezuela agree a new Bilateral Investment Treaty, Venezuela's first since withdrawing from the ICSID Convention

On February 23, 2019, Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Colombia and gave Colombian diplomats twenty-four hours to leave the country. Four years …

ICSID tribunal upholds the recoverability of success fees for counsel in BSG Resources v Guinea

On 18 May 2022, an arbitral tribunal rendered its award in BSG Resources Limited (in Administration), BSG Resources (Guinea) Limited, BSG Resources …

ICSID Releases Latest Caseload Statistics for FY2022

ICSID MEMBER STATES APPROVE AMENDED 2022 ARBITRATION RULES