The Finnish Minister of Justice announced at the end of January this year that the revision process of the 1992 Finnish Arbitration Act would be launched during the current government term. Finnish…
Brumadinho Dam’s Rupture and the First Gulf War
Writing about these events side by side might seem like a mistake at first as they hold no historical connection and emerged under completely…
The signing of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement ("IACEPA") on 4 March 2019 marked an important milestone for both States (as covered in a post earlier this week).…
The conference “What to Do About Corruption Allegations? Debating the Options for Investment Law”, was presented by the ILA American Branch Investment Law Committee and the Georgetown International…
Sometimes described as "a shrimp among whales," Korea is situated between China to the west and Japan to the east. Historically, the ambitions of the two large, neighboring countries—and, in more…
For many years, arbitration has been the de facto vehicle of choice for the resolution of investor-state disputes. However, despite the wholesale and widespread adoption of mediation in every sort of…
In November 2018, the former director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) in Kuala Lumpur resigned from his role after being arrested on suspicions that he paid past and present…
Arbitration in Kyrgyzstan
Historically, arbitration in the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the least studied in Central Asia. Not much attention has been paid to the study of the law and practice of…
In recent years, a number of arbitral tribunals adjudicating treaty-based investment disputes have been confronted with the question of what to do when the state party to such a dispute alleges that…
On the 5th of December 2018, the stake of arbitration amidst the technological evolution was in the spotlight; Sciences Po Law School hosted the first conference of the Arbitration X Technology saga…
