Decisions on Disqualification

 

​​​Case name
Language of decision date of decision outcome
Amco Asia Corporation and others v. Republic of Indonesia (ICSID Case No. ARB/81/1) ​English June 24, 1982 Declined
Compañia de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3) - Annulment Proceeding ​​English & Spanish ​October 3, 2001 Declined
Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) English ​February 21, 2006 ​Upheld
​Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) - Resubmission/Rectification Proceeding ​English & French ​February 21, 2017 Declined
​Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) - Resubmission/Rectification Proceeding English & French​ ​April 13, 2017 Declined​
​Philippe Gruslin v. Malaysia (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/3) ​English ​April 27, 2000 Declined
​Zhinvali Development Ltd. v. Republic of Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/00/1) ​English ​January 19, 2001 Declined
Generation Ukraine Inc. v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/00/9) English ​July 5, 2001 Declined
Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12) English & Spanish ​February 25, 2005 Declined
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/13) English ​December 19, 2002
Declined
Siemens A.G. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/8) ​English April 15, 2005 Declined
Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/16) English ​ June 5, 2007 Declined
AES Corporation v Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/17) English April 6, 2022 Declined
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17) English & Spanish ​October 22, 2007
Declined
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17) ​English ​​May 12, 2008
Declined
Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19) English & Spanish October 22, 2007
Declined
​Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19) English ​May 12, 2008 ​Declined
​EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23) English ​June 25, 2008 ​Declined
​EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23) - Annulment Proceeding ​English & Spanish ​November 20, 2015 ​Declined
​Total S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/1) – Annulment Proceeding Spanish​ ​August 26, 2015 Declined​
​Mobil Exploration and Development Inc. Suc. Argentina and Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/16) ​English ​June 4, 2015 Declined​
​Saipem S.p.A. v. People's Republic of Bangladesh (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/7)
​English
​October 11, 2005
Declined​
​Asset Recovery Trust S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/11) ​Spanish ​November 27, 2006 Declined​
​Quiborax S.A., Non-Metallic Minerals S.A. & Allan Fosk Kaplún v. Plurinational State of Bolivia (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/2) ​English & Spanish ​July 6, 2010 Declined​
​Joseph C. Lemire v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/18) ​English ​September 23, 2008 Declined​
​Nations Energy, Inc. and others v. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/19) - Annulment
Proceeding
Spanish ​September 7, 2011 ​Declined
​Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5) English ​December 21, 2011 ​Declined
​Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5) ​English & Spanish ​February 4, 2014 ​Declined
​Alpha Projektholding GmbH v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/16) English ​March 19, 2010 ​Declined
​Electrabel S.A. v. Republic of Hungary (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/19) English ​February 25, 2008 ​Declined
​Saba Fakes v. Republic of Turkey (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/20) ​English ​April 28, 2008 Declined​
​Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Biskaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26) English & Spanish ​August 12, 2010 ​Declined
​Venezuela Holdings B.V. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27) – Resubmission Proceeding English ​August 23, 2021 ​Declined
​Venezuela Holdings, B.V. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27) – Resubmission Proceeding English ​November 10, 2021 ​Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) ​English February 27, 2012
Declined​
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) English & Spanish ​May 5, 2014
Declined​
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) English & Spanish ​July 1, 2015
Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) Engl​​​ish ​December 15, 2015 ​Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) Engl​​​ish March 15, 2016 ​Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) Engl​​​ish ​July 26, 2016 ​Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) – Annulment Proceeding Engl​​​ish ​July 23, 2020 ​Declined
​ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) – Annulment Proceeding Engl​​​ish ​September 27, 2022 ​Declined
​Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5) ​English December 13, 2013
​Upheld
​CEMEX Caracas Investments B.V. and CEMEX Caracas II Investments B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/15) English & Spanish ​November 6, 2009
Declined
​Participaciones Inversiones Portuarias (PIP) SARL v. Republic of Gabon (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/17) French November 12, 2009
Declined
​Carnegie Minerals Gambia Limited v. Republic of The Gambia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/19) ​​English ​May 17, 2011​
Declined
​Tidewater Inc. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/5) ​English December 23, 2010 Declined​
​Universal Compression International Holdings, S.L.U. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/9 ) English​ ​May 20, 2011 Declined
​Opic Karimun Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/14) ​English & Spanish ​May 5, 2011
Declined​
​İçkale İnşaat Limited Şirketi v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/24) ​English ​July 11, 2014 Declined​
​Longreef Investment A.V.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/5) ​English & Spanish January 24, 2012
Declined
​​Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19) ​English ​February 24, 2014 ​Declined
​Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19) ​English ​April 30, 2014
Declined​
​OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/25) - Annulment Proceeding English​ ​March 9, 2018 Declined​
​Getma International and others v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/29) ​French ​June 28, 2012 Declined
​Tethyan Copper Company Pty Limited v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/1) English ​ ​February 5, 2018 ​Declined
​Rusoro Mining Ltd v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/5) ​English & Spanish ​June 14, 2013 ​Declined
​Muhammet Çap & Sehil Inşaat Endustri ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti. v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/6) English​ ​March 16, 2018 Declined​
​RSM Production Corporation v. Saint Lucia (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/10) English ​October 23, 2014 Declined​
​Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12) English ​March 6, 2019 ​Declined
​Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12) ​English ​July 8, 2020 ​Declined
​Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/13) ​English & Spanish ​February 27, 2013
Declined​
​Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20) ​English ​November 12, 2013
​Upheld
​Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20) - Annulment Proceeding Spanish ​March 2, 2018 ​Declined
​Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) English & Spanish ​June 16, 2015 Declined
​Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) English & Spanish ​March 28, 2016 Declined​
​Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) English & Spanish ​September 12, 2016 Declined​
​Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) English ​May 5, 2017 Declined​
​Transban Investments Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/24) ​English ​May 13, 2014
Declined
​Repsol, S.A. and Repsol Butano, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/38) ​Spanish ​December 13, 2013
Declined​
​Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Devincci Salah Hourani v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/13) English​ ​March 20, 2014
Upheld​
​Interocean Oil Development Company and Interocean Oil Exploration Company v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/20) English​ ​October 3, 2017 Declined​
​CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/8) English​​ June 12, 2015​ Declined
​Highbury International AVV, Compañía Minera de Bajo Caroní AVV, and Ramstein Trading Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/10) Spanish​​ ​June 9, 2015


Declined

​BSG Resources Limited, BSG Resources (Guinea) Limited and BSG Resources (Guinea) SÀRL v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/22) English & French​​ ​​December 28, 2016 ​Declined​
​Alpiq AG v. Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/28) English ​June 1, 2017 Declined​
​STEAG GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/4) English​ ​September 11, 2018 ​Declined
​Aktau Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. and Som Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/8) ​English ​November 9, 2015

Declined

​Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23) ​English ​March 16, 2018 ​Declined
​Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23) ​English ​May 17, 2019 Declined​
​KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25) English​ ​April 30, 2018 Declined​
​KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25) English​ ​May 15, 2020 Declined​
​JGC Holdings Corporation (formerly JGC Corporation) v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/27) English​ ​July 14, 2020 Declined​
​JGC Holdings Corporation (formerly JGC Corporation) v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/27) – Annulment Proceeding  English​  ​August 22, 2022 Declined​
​Hydro Energy 1 S.à r.l. and Hydroxana Sweden AB v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/42) English​ & Spanish  ​February 17, 2020 Declined​
​Hydro S.r.l. and others v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/28) - Revision Proceeding English​  ​December 1, 2022 Declined​
​Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45 English​ ​October 8, 2019 Declined​
​Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45 English​ December 15, 2020 Declined​
​Italba Corporation v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay (ARB/16/9) - Annulment Proceeding English​ October 29, 2019 Declined​
​Iskandar Safa and Akram Safa v. Hellenic Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/20) ​English ​March 7, 2017 ​Declined
​Eugene Kazmin v. Republic of Latvia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/5)  ​English ​October 14, 2020 ​Declined
​Big Sky Energy Corporation v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/22) ​English ​May 3, 2018 ​Declined
​Elitech B.V. and Razvoj Golf D.O.O. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/32) English ​April 23, 2018 Declined​
​Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/34) English ​May 17, 2018 Declined​
​AS PNB Banka and others v. Republic of Latvia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/47) English June 16, 2020 ​Declined
​Dick Fernando Abanto Ishivata v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/18/6) Spanish September 1, 2020 ​n/a
​Canepa Green Energy Opportunities I, S.á r.l. and Canepa Green Energy Opportunities II, S.á r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/4) ​English & Spanish ​November 19, 2019 Declined​
​Canepa Green Energy Opportunities I, S.á r.l. and Canepa Green Energy Opportunities II, S.á r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/4) English​ & Spanish ​February 17, 2020 Declined​
​Petroceltic Holdings Limited and Petroceltic Resources Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/7) ​English ​June 4, 2020 ​Declined
​Ayat Nizar Raja Sumrain and others v. State of Kuwait (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/20) ​English ​January 2, 2020 ​Declined
​Sapec, S.A. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/23) English ​June 25, 2020 Declined​
​Orazul International España Holdings S.L. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/25) English ​September 11, 2022 Declined​
​VM Solar Jerez GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30) ​English ​July 24, 2020 Declined​
​VM Solar Jerez GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30) ​English ​October 18, 2022 Declined​

Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energía Solar Luxembourg S.à r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/36)           

​English ​April 27, 2021 Declined​
​Hope Services LLC c. Republic of Cameroon (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/2) ​French ​August 21, 2020 Declined​

Bob Meijer v. Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/28)           

​English ​July 15, 2021 Declined​

Shell Petroleum N.V. and The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/7)

​English ​March 10, 2022 Declined​

Optima Ventures LLC, Optima 7171 LLC and Optima 55 Public Square LLC v. United States of America (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/11)

English December 20, 2022 Upheld

Misen Energy AB (publ) and Misen Enterprises AB v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/15)

​English April 15, 2022 Declined​