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ICSID releases third version of proposed amendments to Arbitration Rules
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has released the third draft of its proposed amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules. Owing to the “developing consensus on the amendments through the consultation process”, there have been fewer changes compared to earlier drafts. The latest draft refines ICSID’s recommended rule changes on topics...
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ICJ delivers judgment in India v. Pakistan dispute
The International Court of Justice (Court) has delivered another ruling on the interpretation and application of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (VCCR) and its optional protocol on the compulsory settlement of disputes (Optional Protocol). In a judgment dated 17 July 2019, the Court unanimously found it had jurisdiction to...
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EU and MERCOSUR conclude negotiations on trade agreement
On 28 June 2019, the European Union (EU) and MERCOSUR Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) concluded negotiations on a bi-regional trade agreement (Agreement). The Agreement impacts a combined population of more than 780 million people and is the EU’s largest trade agreement to date. This far-reaching Agreement provides for progressive tariff cuts on...
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Micula Case: EU General Court annuls Commission’s decision on compliance with ICSID award
In a judgment delivered on 18 June 2019, the EU General Court (GCEU) revoked a 2015 European Commission (Commission) decision prohibiting the Romanian government from compensating Swedish investors, the Micula brothers, pursuant to a 2013 ICSID award. Back in 2015, the Commission had concluded that the ICSID award was incompatible with Article 107 of the...
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ICSID unveils revised version of its draft Arbitration Rules
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has proposed several amendments to its initial “proposals for amendment of the ICSID Rules”. Most notably, ICSID has revised its recommendations with respect to rules concerning provisional measures, disqualification of arbitrators and transparency. The existing Arbitration Rules do not prescribe a test for recommending provisional measures....
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ICJ renders advisory opinion on decolonisation of the Chagos Archipelago
In an advisory opinion given on 25 February 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), by a majority of thirteen votes to one, held that the process of decolonisation of Mauritius was not lawfully completed and that the United Kingdom consequently has an obligation to bring an end to its administration of the Chagos Archipelago...
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ICJ finds jurisdiction to hear Iran case against US
In a judgment delivered on 13 February 2019, the ICJ held that it has jurisdiction to entertain part of Iran’s Application against the United States for purported violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights (the Treaty), and that the Application is admissible. The enforceability of the Treaty and its dispute...
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CJEU confirms that UK able unilaterally to revoke notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU
In response to a request for a preliminary ruling in Wightman v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) held on 10 December 2018 that the UK can unilaterally revoke its notice of withdrawal under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Any decision...
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CJEU Advocate General advises that Article 50 notification of an intention to withdraw from the EU may unilaterally be revoked
In Wightman v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Scotland’s Court of Session sought a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the UK’s notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) can unilaterally...
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ICJ judges to cease acting as arbitrators
On 25 October 2018, the President of the International Court of Justice, H.E. Mr Abdulqawi Yusuf, addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Judge Yusuf spoke about the progress of the Court’s judicial activities over the previous year and also announced that ICJ judges would no longer be permitted to sit as arbitrators (other than in...
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