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World Bank Law, Justice and Development Week
October 20-25, 2014 was Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week at the World Bank. LJD Week is an annual knowledge-sharing event co-organized by the World Bank’s Legal Vice-Presidency, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the Legal Departments of the…
ICSID Activities in Asia
As part of ICSID’s outreach program, Secretary-General Meg Kinnear and Senior Counsel Martina Polasek traveled to six countries in Asia this fall to meet with government and private sector officials, participate in conferences and provide training on ICSID process. ICSID issued a special focus…
New Designations to the ICSID Panels
The Centre maintains a Panel of Conciliators and a Panel of Arbitrators pursuant to Articles 12-16 of the ICSID Convention. 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…
New Designations to the ICSID Panels
The Centre maintains a Panel of Conciliators and a Panel of Arbitrators pursuant to Articles 12-16 of the ICSID Convention. 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…
ICSID's Response to the European Union Public Consultation on Investor-State Dispute Settlement
On January 13, 2015, the European Commission published a report on its public consultation concerning investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP).
The International Centre for Settlement of…
New issue of the ICSID Caseload – Statistics published (Issue 2015-1)
The ICSID Secretariat has released a new issue of its online publication, the ICSID Caseload – Statistics.
This issue (Issue 2015-1), published in the three official languages of the Centre (English, French and Spanish), contains an overview of the cases registered or otherwise administered by…
ICSID co-hosts Mauritius International Arbitration Conference
ICSID co-hosted the Mauritius International Arbitration Conference held on December 16 and 17, 2014. Panels chaired by representatives of the co-hosting institutions considered current and emerging issues in international arbitration under the theme “The Litmus Test: Challenges to Awards and…
Background Report on Annulment by the ICSID Secretariat Provided to Contracting States
On August 10, 2012, the ICSID Secretariat provided ICSID Contracting States with a report prepared by the Secretariat concerning the ICSID Convention annulment mechanism. This report was prepared as a result of the discussion on annulment at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the ICSID Administrative…
Montenegro Signs the ICSID Convention
The Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention) was signed on July 19, 2012 on behalf of Montenegro by H.E. Dr. Srdjan Darmanović, Ambassador of Montenegro to the United States. The Ambassador was accompanied at the…