Topic: Armed conflict

Practitioners call for ceasefire in Gaza

High-profile international arbitration practitioners and academics have signed a petition calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging Israel to ensure provision of humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

30 May 2024

EFILA explores “new frontiers” in investment arbitration

The 9th annual conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) highlighted how investment arbitration is needed more than ever as society deals with geopolitical tension, climate change and the energy transition. Leah Thomas of Clifford Chance reports.

14 May 2024

Arbitrators challenged over declaration on “aggression in Ukraine”

Russia has challenged two arbitrators in an inter-state dispute because they voted in favour of a declaration by the Institute of International Law criticising Russian military operations in Ukraine.

03 January 2024

Another Crimea award surfaces in US court

A Ukrainian electricity company has wasted no time in applying to enforce an investment treaty award that found Russia liable for expropriating its assets in Crimea – putting the award in the public domain.

08 November 2023

Can arbitration solve the problems of the world?

In the latest Roebuck Lecture held by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kabir Duggal considered the potential of international arbitration to safeguard human rights, mitigate armed conflict and address the threats posed by climate change.

03 October 2023

Libyan civil war claim terminated

A Tunisian investor that sought US$75 million from Libya for losses incurred during the country’s 2011 civil war has had its treaty claim terminated for failing to pay its share of the advance on costs.

21 August 2023

Libyan state entity settles with Turkish construction joint venture

A Turkish joint venture says that a Libyan state entity has agreed to pay US$35.4 million to settle an ICC dispute over a construction project disrupted by the country’s civil war.  

19 July 2023

LIDW discusses claims mechanisms for Ukraine war damage

A panel at London International Disputes Week considered the mechanisms available to parties seeking compensation for damages suffered as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

16 May 2023

Russia’s effective control over eastern Ukraine: implications of the ECHR ruling

Tomas Vail of Vail Dispute Resolution in London and independent counsel Anastasiya Ugale consider the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling on Russia’s effective control over eastern Ukraine and its implications for investment treaty claims arising from the war in Ukraine.

09 May 2023

Historic dispute over New York Harbor explosion inspires Ukraine reflections  

A lecture by White & Case partner Paul Friedland on a US-Germany inter-state arbitration triggered by a massive act of sabotage in New York Harbor ahead of US entry into the First World War leads Dorothy Murray of Proskauer Rose to draw parallels with disputes arising from the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

04 May 2023

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