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New ICCA Website
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), which is devoted to promoting the use and improving the processes of arbitration, conciliation and other means of resolving international commercial disputes, has launched a completely revamped website. Its many new features include the…
Search Committee for ICSID Secretary-General
Under the ICSID Convention, the Secretary-General of the Centre is elected by the Administrative Council on the nomination of its Chairman, the President of the World Bank. The Convention provides for the Chairman to make the nomination after consulting the members of the Administrative Council.…
Ana Palacio Leaves ICSID
Ana Palacio resigned from the posts of Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group, and Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), effective April 15, 2008.
Ms. Palacio, a Spanish national, was unanimously elected as Secretary…
Procedural Details Available on the ICSID Website
The Centre has recently released an additional feature of its new website. For the first time, extensive details on procedural developments in each of the ongoing ICSID proceedings are being published online. For each pending case, the Secretariat has added an additional web page providing a set…
New Schedule of Fees
ICSID has recently revised its Schedule of Fees. The new Schedule of Fees will become effective on January 1, 2008.
The Centre’s administrative charge will increase from US$10,000 to US$20,000. This is the charge levied on a case following the constitution of the conciliation commission, arbitral…
Ecuador's Notification under Article 25(4) of the ICSID Convention
On December 4, 2007, the Secretary-General received a notification under Article 25(4) of the ICSID Convention from the Republic of Ecuador.
Pursuant to Article 25(4) of the Convention, a Contracting State may notify the Centre of the class or classes of disputes which the State would or would not…
ICSID Launches New Website
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) launched its new website today.
The new ICSID website is dynamic in nature. This feature marks a major transformation of the website into an information system on ICSID and its activities. The new website is interactive and…
Nassib G. Ziadé Elected ICSID Deputy Secretary-General
The Administrative Council of the Centre held its Forty-first Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 22, 2007, in conjunction with the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the other organizations belonging to the World Bank Group and of the International Monetary Fund.
At the…
Glamis Gold Ltd. v. United States of America NAFTA/UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Proceeding
Washington, D.C., September 14, 2007. The second part of the hearing on the merits in the Glamis Gold v. USA case is scheduled to take place from Monday, September 17, 2007 through Wednesday, September 19, 2007, starting at 9:00 a.m.
This case has been initiated under Chapter Eleven of the NAFTA…
Glamis Gold v. USA Hearing on the Merits
Washington, D.C., August 13, 2007. The hearing on the merits in the Glamis Gold v. USA case is scheduled to take place before a three-member arbitral tribunal from 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 12, 2007 through Friday, August 17, 2007.
This case has been initiated under Chapter Eleven of the NAFTA…