International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

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International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Also called ICSID. An organization under the World Bank Group that serves as an arbitration board for disputes involving investment treaties. That is, when member countries disagree on the interpretation of an investment treaty applying to both of them, they may refer the matter to ICSID. More than 150 countries belong to ICSID. It was established in 1966 and is based in Washington, D.C.
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The company wants the court to confirm the award under the ICSID Convention.
Time to pay up $4bn fine, says copper company, to Pakistan
The ICSID Convention provides specific grounds for such an application that include improper constitution of the arbitral tribunal, procedural irregularities and the arbitral tribunal's overreach while exercising its powers.
Reko Diq: Pakistan's $6 billion mistake
Article 51 of the ICSID Convention allows parties to a dispute to bring to the tribunal any new facts that could decisively affect the award.
ICSID declares SC verdict in RPPs case 'arbitrary'
There are limited grounds for challenging the award under the ICSID Convention. It is not expected that proceeds of the award will be recognised in Antofagasta's financial statements until received.
TCC open to negotiated settlement with Pakistan: chairman
In a comment to Profit, Osama Malik, an Islamabad based lawyer on international investment and economic law said, 'The enforcement proceedings have been automatically stayed under Article 51(4) of the ICSID convention.
ICSID admits Pakistan's application for revision of award conferred in Karkey case
(14) Tailored to promote the settlement of investment disputes, (15) it was established by the ICSID Convention in 1965 as a delocalised facility under the auspices of the World Bank.
La propuesta de un Sistema de Corte de Inversiones: ?realmente resuelve los problemas?
The first group includes arbitration tribunals established according to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention).
HOW INSTITUTIONS MATTER: ON THE JUDICIAL REASONING OF INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION AWARDS
However, simply deciding on the merits without considering the impact of Article 344 TFEU on Article 30 VCLT might be dangerous for an arbitral tribunal and open up an avenue for annulment proceedings under Article 52 ICSID Convention. Against this background, it is at least to be expected that pending ICSID arbitrations will open up hearings again in order to address the changed legal situation post-Achmea.
THE FATE OF INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AFTER THE ACHMEA DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE/ O DESTINO DA SOLUCAO DE LITIGIOS DE INVESTIMENTO APOS A DECISAO ACHMEA DA CORTE EUROPEIA DE JUSTICA
Latin-American countries left their reticence during the 90s, when they stipulated many BITs and subscribed to the ICSID Convention (apart from Brazil that has never concluded any BIT, despite having negotiated some of them over the years).
New Trends in International Investment Law Treaty Practice: where does Latin America stand?/Novas Tendencias na Pratica do Tratado do Direito Internacional do Investimento: onde fica a America Latina?
ICSID arbitration is available to an investor if that investor's home state and the host state are parties to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention).
Protecting foreign direct investment in the Middle East through investment treaties and international arbitration
For the time being Pakistan has enacted the New York Convention and the ICSID convention for enforcement of foreign arbitral awards but this does not ensure smooth enforcement.
Another Setback
Argentina-Italy BIT and the ICSID Convention. (102) Serious doubts exist
Tribunalizing Sovereign Debt: Argentina's Experience with Investor-State Dispute Settlement
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