Organisation: United Nations
UN agency sees off pair of PCA claims
A United Nations agency has defeated a claim at the Permanent Court of Arbitration over an agricultural venture in Suriname – after the agency successfully terminated a separate case it faced at the institution concerning a poultry enterprise in Pakistan.
01 November 2024
Interstate arbitration led to loss of UK's last African colony
An interstate arbitration that ended a decade ago over the UK's conduct in relation to the strategically important Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean was one of a series of events that led to last week's announcement that the UK will return the territory, its last remaining African colony, to Mauritius.
10 October 2024
Bucharest lawyer launches boutique practice
Romanian practitioner Ramona Cirlig has left Muşat & Asociaţii in Bucharest after 11 years to set up an independent practice as arbitrator and counsel in commercial disputes.
23 September 2024
Align ISDS with climate change goals, says Mourre
In a speech in Baku, Azerbaijan, where COP29 will take place later this year, Alexis Mourre considered how investor-state dispute settlement can be made to align with climate change goals, with reference to recent Energy Charter Treaty cases.
13 August 2024
UN tribunal says states must protect seas from climate change
A United Nations tribunal has told states they must take all necessary measures to reduce carbon emissions to protect the world’s oceans.
21 May 2024
Russian claimant taking shelter in embassy can appear remotely in set-aside action
A Russian businesswoman who took refuge in an embassy after being convicted of money laundering in Kuwait has been granted permission to participate remotely in Paris set-aside proceedings, where she seeks to revive a US$150 million investment treaty claim against the Gulf state.
25 April 2024
Fietta duo launch London PIL boutique
Jiries Saadeh and Ashique Rahman have left the partnership at London-based public international law firm Fietta to launch their own firm in the UK capital.
18 April 2024
The scars left by ISDS
In his GAR Award-winning Alexander Lecture at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Toby Landau KC considered the "scars" left by investor-state arbitration as cases become more political and tribunals rule on "ever more sensitive areas of sovereign discretion".
12 April 2024
UNCITRAL group publishes draft statute for ISDS advisory centre
UNCITRAL’s working group III has published a draft statute that would create an advisory centre to protect and potentially represent member states facing investment treaty claims.
08 April 2024
Heiskanen leaves Lalive for solo practice
Veijo Heiskanen has left Lalive after more than two decades to practise as an independent arbitrator and member of Arbitra International.
02 April 2024