In the first half of 2019, nine states nominated 40 individuals to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators and Panel of Conciliators.

The Panels are an important component of the ICSID dispute resolution system. Appointments made by the Chairman of the Administrative Council must be drawn from the Panels. The Panels also provide a diverse and qualified pool of arbitrators and conciliators for parties to consider when making appointments in ICSID cases.

Each ICSID Contracting State may designate up to four persons to each Panel. The designees may, but need not, be nationals of the designating country. In addition, up to ten persons may be designated by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council. Each designee normally serves for a renewable term of six years.

From January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Finland, France, Honduras, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saint Lucia, and Sudan.

The names of these designees and the effective dates of their terms in office are listed below.

The complete list of the members of the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators is updated on a regular basis and can be found here.

FINLAND

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 31, 2019:
Carita Wallgren, Mika Savola

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective January 31, 2019:
Veijo Heiskanen, Gustaf Möller

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective January 31, 2019:
Laura Halonen, Kim Talus, Patrik Lindfors

Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective January 31, 2019:
Antti Heikinheimo

FRANCE

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 11, 2019:
Edwige Belliard, Carole Malinvaud, Nicolas Molfessis

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective February 11, 2019:
Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 11, 2019:
Roger Grass, Catherine Kessedjian, Franck Latty, Anne-Marie Leroy

HONDURAS

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designations effective February 28, 2019:
Fernan Nufiez Moncada*, Ramon Zuniga Ugarte

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective February 28, 2019:
Juan Arnaldo Hernández Espinoza*, Juan C. Basombrío

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 23, 2019:
Joongi Kim

NEW ZEALAND

Panel of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designation effective May 14, 2019:
Amokura Kawharu, Penelope Ridings

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 14, 2019:
Sir Peter Blanchard*, Sir Terence Arnold*

PORTUGAL

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Designation effective March 11, 2019:
Tiago Duarte

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignations effective March 11, 2019:
Jose Miguel Judice, Dario Moura Vicente

Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective March 11, 2019:
Jose Robin de Andrade

Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 11, 2019:
Fausto de Quadros

QATAR

Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective May 22, 2019:
Sultan M. Al-Abdulla, Mohamed Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Ahmad Al Mana, Abdulaziz Qassim Al Mulla

Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 22, 2019:
Reem Al-Ansari, Mohammed Al-Khater, Rashid Al Saad, Mohammed Al Mannai*

SAINT LUCIA

Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators
Redesignation effective May 7, 2019:
D. Brian King

SUDAN

Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective April 4, 2019:
Awn Al-Khasawneh

* Pending acceptance