On 20 March 2025, a working group consisting of arbitration practitioners, judges, arbitrators, and academics submitted a report to the French Minister of Justice. The report included proposals to…
2024 witnessed significant developments concerning the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”), ranging from a new wave of withdrawals to the adoption of the modernised ECT in December. This post reviews the…
Following the Blog’s established tradition, this post provides an overview of key developments in the field of arbitration in a selection of jurisdictions in Eastern Europe. This year’s highlights…
In a year marked in France by the Paris Olympics and political instability, 2024 proved to be somewhat less eventful in terms of arbitration-related developments than previous ones (see 2023, 2022,…
This past year brought significant developments in international arbitration across East and Central Asia, shaping the region’s dispute resolution landscape. China’s latest draft amendment to its…
2024 appeared to be one of the busiest years for investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”) reform, with significant advances in the United Nations Commission on Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) Working Group…
The modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”), which essentially started in 2018, resulted in an agreement in principle (“AIP”) on modernising the ECT in June 2022. The modernised ECT should…
On May 17, 2024, Guyana passed the Arbitration Act 2024 (Act No. 6 of 2024) (“AA”).
The AA repealed the outdated Arbitration Act, Cap 7:03, Laws of Guyana (Act No. 17 of 1916), passed more than a…
On 12 July 2024, more than 25 years after adopting its current arbitration law, the German government agreed on a draft reform law (“Draft Law”). It is based on a White Paper issued in April 2023 (…
The present post focuses on the latest European development on the modernization of the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”). It will do so by putting it in a broader geopolitical context and linking it to…
