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When Reinforced Self-Judgment Meets Judicial Review: Insights from Seda v. Colombia
On 27 June 2024, the tribunal in the investment dispute Seda v Colombia delivered a long-awaited award. The decision, hailed by Colombia as ‘historic’, represents the…
Dual Nationals in Investment Treaty Arbitration: An Emerging Field of Inconsistent Decisions
Introduction Nationality is a crucial marker for protection in international investment law. Only investors that qualify as nationals of a contracting party can access investment…
A Little Threat from My Friends: An EU-based Company Contemplates Taking War-Torn Ukraine to Investment Arbitration
On 18 August 2022, the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (ESBU) seized the assets of one of Ukraine’s largest fuel retailers, AMIC Ukraine, the…
ISDS reform and air guitar: A response to Grant and Kieff
In issue 2020(2) of EJIL, we published an empirical study concerning the public perception of investment arbitration. Our article presents the results of four experiments…
Will the Morocco-Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty Transform Sustainable Development into Hard Law?
The SDGs have now received virtually global endorsement. At the same time, new BITs have emerged which incorporate both the SDGs and the concept of sustainable development. This…
UNCITRAL and ISDS Reform (Hybrid): Season 5 – Watching the Grass Grow
Watching UNCITRAL Working Group III over the years has been a bit like viewing a long-running television series. The beginning of the process was exciting as we met…
Ecuador returns to the ICSID Convention: A brief assessment of its decade-long international investment law ‘exit strategy’
On July 6, 2009, Ecuador notified (here) the World Bank of its denunciation of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of…
An Analysis of the Use of ICJ Jurisprudence in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Last October 2018, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ” or “the Court”) issued its merits judgment in Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v.
Can Investment Arbitration Fix Itself?
This week, States have descended on UNCITRAL in Vienna to discuss potential reform of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system. Many are in a critical mood. During the…