We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions:
Mees Brenninkmeijer & Fabien Gélinas, Execution Immunities and…
On 22 September 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined the Second and Fifth Circuits in narrowly interpreting the statutory language “foreign or international tribunal”…
Brazil’s new Franchising Law (Law No. 13.966/19) was published on December 27th, 2019 and became effective as of March 27th, 2020. One of the innovations (more of a confirmation) set forth by the new…
In early September 2020, the United Kingdom (‘UK’) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis, conceded in no uncertain terms that the UK Internal Market Bill would violate public…
Of the six States that have ratified the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (“Convention”) only Singapore seems to have made any requisite…
Many see the Pan-African Investment Code (PAIC), a model instrument adopted by the African Union (AU) in 2015, as the first step toward the ‘africanization’ of international investment law. While…
Aron Broches, the chief architect of the ICSID Convention, said in 1964 that the role of conciliation in the Convention's framework may prove to be more important than arbitration. There is little…
As has been previously reported in this blog (e.g., here and here), there exists a rising interest globally for alternative forms of dispute resolution (ADR) for investor-state disputes. Indicative…
In their reform discussions, States and arbitration institutions have been exploring the potential for investor-State mediation to work alongside arbitration, or even to replace it altogether for…
“Lo que yo sostengo es que el sol no durará eternamente”, fue la verdad resumida que uno de los personajes del cuento de ciencia ficción de Isaac Asimov, llamado “La última pregunta”, expresó a otro…
