The famous case Neer v. United Mexican States set a standard of treatment with respect to denial of justice, fair and equitable treatment and the minimum standard of treatment in international law, which is still relevant and largely applied and relied upon today in investment arbitrations. This decision was rendered on 15 October 1926 by […]
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: […]
Limits to the Police Powers Doctrine
According to the police powers doctrine, host States may enforce their laws against the foreign investors without being liable of any wrongdoing. For example, a host State may revoke a concession granted to an investor if the latter does not comply with laws of the former. The tribunal in Quiborax v. Bolivia agreed with the […]
Alejandra Delfin | El recurso de nulidad y la recepción de la jurisprudencia en la Decisión de los Comités Ad Hoc
Alejandra Delfin: El recurso de nulidad y la recepción de la jurisprudencia en la Decisión de los Comités Ad Hoc. Su concepción a la luz de un caso reciente en el CIADI [Revista de Derecho Administrativo (ReDA) #84, Ed. Lexis Nexis – Abeledo Perrot. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pages 1817/1829. December 2012. ISSN 1851-0590] 1.- Introducción […]
Recent ICSID Cases Discussed in the Investment Arbitration Reporter
February 28, 2013 (Vol. 6, No. 5) 1. First hearing in Philip Morris v. Australia arbitration is pushed into 2014, as New Zealand reveals it is awaiting outcome of Australian cases 2. Effort fails in bid to disqualify former Argentine official Gabriel Bottini in Saint-Gobain v. Venezuela arbitration 3. Sri Lanka breached BIT due to […]