Organisation: World Bank
Bahraini launch event looks at investor-state mediation
Amid efforts to modernise ISDS, and with investors and states often settling disputes before an arbitration award, the launch event of the Council of International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Riyadh explored way to promote more amicable resolution of disputes through negotiation or mediation.
12 March 2025
UAE cement plant investor opts for mediation with Angola
A UAE cement plant investor that issued a formal notice threatening ICSID arbitration against Angola over a post-civil war project has now sought mediation with the state, with a view to settling the more than US$100 million dispute by April.
09 January 2025
ICC opens hearing centre in Paris
The new ICC Hearing Centre in Paris, which opened this week four years after the closure of the last centre, offers secure, state-of-the-art hearing rooms for in-person, hybrid and virtual hearings that span the upper ground floor of a new five-storey complex.
20 December 2024
Bangladesh agrees to mediation as arrest warrants stayed
Bangladesh has agreed to mediation with the holder of a two-decade-old ICC award to resolve a dispute over asset discovery after obtaining a stay of US arrest warrants issued against two visiting state officials.
28 October 2024
Spain fails to annul one ECT award but seeks to overturn another
An ICSID committee has reportedly refused Spain’s request to annul a €28 million Energy Charter Treaty award won by a German solar investor – as the state seeks to overturn another award issued under the treaty over its renewable energy regime.
01 October 2024
World Bank defeats claim over bribery audit
An UNCITRAL tribunal has dismissed a claim brought against the World Bank by a London-based consultancy that alleged it was improperly audited over corruption allegations.
24 September 2024
A world without ISDS?
After Toby Landau KC told delegates at GAR Live Singapore that the current system of investor-state arbitration was “inherently problematic”, a subsequent panel considered the alternatives – after which not a single member of the audience said they believed the world would be better off without investor-state dispute resolution.
05 September 2024
Port investor brings claims against Honduras
A Philippine billionaire-owned port operator has launched a pair of ICSID claims against Honduras, after alleging that its concession was jeapordised by breaches including plans for a rival container terminal.
19 August 2024
US arbitrator survives challenge in ICSID case against Ukraine
A Luxembourg company part-owned by sanctioned Russian nationals has failed to disqualify US academic Sean Murphy from hearing its ICSID claim against Ukraine over a bank nationalisation.
15 July 2024
Who is sitting at ICSID?
Nine panels have formed at ICSID in recent weeks, including a first-time appointment for Bolivian practitioner Andrés Moreno.
05 July 2024