Critical Choices when Bringing an Investor-State Arbitration Claimants are faced with many difficult choices when bringing an investor-State arbitration: First, Claimant will have to decide whether to bring a case at all. While this seems straightforward and obvious, it is one of the most difficult choices for a company to make as outright expropriations today […]
New Center For International Commercial Arbitrations In Atlanta
As first reported by the Global Arbitration Review, a new center for international commercial arbitrations is opening in Atlanta, to rival those already present in Miami and New York in the United States, along with the AAA’s ICDR for international disputes, JAMS, and other arbitral institutions. Atlanta is, in theory, a good choice for international arbitrations, since […]
Russian Seminar On International Arbitration
Russian Seminar On International Arbitration The IAA Network is proud to be supporting a Russian seminar on international arbitration taking place at the training complex CSTI Progress in St. Petersburg. The workshop is designed for Russian lawyers or international companies which are faced with questions of international arbitration and would like to improve their knowledge in this […]
Modifications Proposed To Russian International Arbitration Law
Russian international arbitration legislation is expected to be modified in the near future. The Russian law governing international arbitration, entitled the Law on International Commercial Arbitration, dates from 1993 and was drafted largely on the basis of the the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law 1985, with minor variations. Largely due to the […]
IAA Network Member Dire Tladi Discusses The Use of Force in International Law (U.N. Lecture Series)
Mr. Dire Tladi Principal State Law Adviser South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation Peace and Security Self-Defense Use of Force in Self-Defence against Non-State Actors in International Law A recent trend in international law seems to suggest that States can use force in self-defence against non-State actors in the territory of another State […]