Region: Armenia

ICJ allows claims by Armenia and Azerbaijan to proceed

The International Court of Justice has found it can hear claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan relating to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, while narrowing the scope of parallel claims brought by Azerbaijan. 

13 November 2024

Air Arabia prepares claim against Armenia

UAE budget airline Air Arabia is reportedly preparing to launch arbitration against Armenia over their joint venture to create the country’s national flag carrier. 

18 July 2024

Armenia faces billion-dollar claim over mining shares

A Cypriot entity has brought a US$1.2 billion ICSID claim against Armenia for allegedly interfering with its rights as a shareholder in the country’s largest mining company.

27 June 2024

Panel in place for landmark biodiversity case

A panel has begun hearing the landmark inter-state arbitration Azerbaijan has filed against Armenia under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats. 

15 April 2024

Mining investor’s claim against Armenia underway

An UNCITRAL panel has begun hearing a US investor’s treaty claim against Armenia over a gold mining project that has been blockaded by environmental protestors.

29 January 2024

First inter-state ECT claim gets underway

UPDATED: A tribunal has begun hearing a first-of-its-kind arbitration brought by Azerbaijan against Armenia under the Energy Charter Treaty, one of the many legal proceedings arising from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

16 January 2024

New Armenia centre introduces rules

The Arbitration and Mediation Centre of Armenia (AMCA), which was launched last year, has now adopted its first set of arbitration rules.

10 January 2024

Armenia gets further ICJ measures over Nagorno-Karabakh

The International Court of Justice has granted Armenia further provisional measures relating to Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seized the territory in a lightning offensive in September.

17 November 2023

US businessman revives ICSID claim against Armenia

A US businessman whose ICSID claim against Armenia was thrown out on the ground that he held Armenian nationality has won a bid to have the award partially annulled.

31 July 2023

Investors seek to revive claims against Serbia and Armenia

A pair of companies have applied to annul an ICSID award that rejected its €300 million treaty claim against Serbia, as an Emirati company and its US CEO also seek to revive an unrelated US$326 million claim against Armenia at the centre.

05 June 2023

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