ISDS Case Map
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
This article aims to explore the issue of double hatting in the field of arbitration in the context of recent developments in the field of international arbitration and the critique against it.
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL" or "Commission") Working Group III finalized provisions on the use of mediation in ISDS.
The working group completed its work on a draft code of conduct for arbitrators in international investment dispute resolution.
India has issued termination notices to 68 countries for Bilateral Investment Treaties with a request to renegotiate on the basis of the model agreement formulated in 2015.
This article provides a concise summary of the enforcement framework for investment treaty awards under the two most important conventions governing this subject.
Individuals who have not spent their careers within the field of investment arbitration (and are perceived as ‘outsiders’ by those within that field) have developed more disruptive reform proposals while arbitral insiders have typically proposed sustaining reforms.
It seems that finding ways to cope with a potentially overwhelming reforms-to-develop list and finding compromises will become increasingly important.
UNCITRAL WGIII will reconvene from September 5 to 16, 2022, at its 43rd formal session.
This policy brief highlights the need to allocate sufficient time to deliberate upon the important issues being raised by developing countries.
The broad mandate given by UNCITRAL focuses on a limited set of procedural issues that fails to address the substantive concerns over the crisis of legitimacy confronting the international investment regime, and ISDS more specifically.
