The supplementation of an arbitration award under Article 49(2) of the ICSID Convention is a remedy for inadvertent omissions in the award due to an oversight on the part of the tribunal which is likely to be corrected by it once this oversight is pointed out. This oversight should however concern a “question” before the […]
Kosovo ICSID Arbitration
The youngest European State has been slowly but gradually becoming a Member of various International Organizations, and it now it is facing its first investment treaty arbitration claim.[1] Kosovo has been a member of the IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development since 2009 and became a member of the ICSID by signing the […]
New Croatia ICSID Arbitration Over Conversion Law
A new Croatia ICSID arbitration was registered on 16 September by UniCredit Bank Austria, a Vienna branch of Italian banking group UniCredit and its subsidiary Zagrebacka Banka. This is the first case against Croatia over controversial legislation intended to protected borrowers by converting loans and mortgages in Swiss francs to Euros. In September 2015, Croatia passed […]
Rectification of ICSID Awards
The rectification of an award under Article 49(2) of the ICSID Convention is a remedy for inadvertent omissions and minor technical errors in an award. It enables the arbitral tribunal to correct mistakes that may have occurred in the award’s drafting in a non-bureaucratic and expeditious manner. Such corrections are provided for in Article 49(2) of the ICSID Convention: […]
Montenegro’s ICSID Arbitration Track Record
Since signing the ICSID Convention in 2012, Montenegro’s ICSID arbitration track record has been perfect. Montenegro has now been successful in both cases brought against it under the ICSID Convention. MNSS BV and Recupero Credito Acciaio NV v. Montenegro (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/8) First, Montenegro prevailed in a dispute with MNSS BV and Recupero Credito Acciao, Netherlands-registered investors in a […]