El marco jurídico internacional que rige la inversión extranjera consiste en una vasta red de acuerdos internacionales de inversión (AII) complementados por las normas generales del derecho internacional, y aunque otros tratados internacionales interactúan con esta red de manera poco importante, los AII son los principales instrumentos de derecho internacional público que rigen la promoción […]
Arbitration Rules
Procedural Timetable and Late Submission of Evidence in ICC Arbitration
In ICC arbitration, upon its constitution, the first task the arbitral tribunal must undertake is to establish the Terms of Reference (Article 23 of the ICC Arbitration Rules) and convene a case management conference with the parties (Article 24 of the ICC Arbitration Rules) during, or following, which a procedural timetable for the whole arbitration must be […]
Arbitragem em Moçambique
Em resposta às necessidades criadas pelo desenvolvimento do comércio internacional, o governo de Moçambique tomou certas iniciativas. São elas de caráter legislativo a fim de instituir os meios alternativos de solução de conflitos, aprovando assim a Lei de Arbitragem, Conciliação e Mediação (n° 11/99 de 8 de julho de 1999). Em seguida, a Constituição da […]
Reclamações por atrasos na arbitragem de construção
Reclamações por atrasos são uma das mais frequentes em disputas originadas de projetos de construção. Eles podem surgir a partir de uma mudança do escopo da obra solicitado pelo contratante, problemas para dar acesso ao local da obra ou entregar as informações solicitadas pelo empreiteiro por parte do contratante, mas também pela falha do empreiteiro […]
Arbitration in Quebec
Arbitrations seated in Canada are regulated primarily by provincial rather than federal legislation. Each of Canada’s provinces, except for Quebec, has enacted legislation adopting the UNCITRAL Model Law. In Quebec, the Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure are consistent with the UNCITRAL Model Law. In addition, each province has legislation to regulate domestic commercial […]
Compensation for Violations of the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard
Whereas nearly all modern international investment agreements prohibit unjust and inequitable treatment, they provide little guidance as to how the damages due to the injured investor are to be assessed. As the fair and equitable treatment (“FET“) standard itself is relatively imprecise and very much dependent on the specific circumstances of the individual case, tribunals […]
Arbitral Tribunal Finds that Achmea and the January 2019 Declarations Are Irrelevant to Consent to Arbitration under the ECT
On 7 May 2019, the arbitral tribunal in Eskosol S.P.A in Liquidazione v Italian Republic [1] took a position on various issues concerning ECT arbitration following the judgment of the CJEU in Slovak Republic v. Achmea (“Achmea“). The decision addressed a request filed on 4 February 2019 by the Italian Republic for an award declaring […]
Arbitration in Albania
As one of the most commonly used methods for settling international disputes, arbitration is common in Albania. The latter has signed and ratified important and well-known international conventions such as the New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and The European Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, […]
Discriminatory, Unreasonable and/or Arbitrary Measures in Investment Arbitration
The prohibition of discriminatory, unreasonable and/or arbitrary measures affecting investors’ investments normally figures among the protection standards provided by bilateral or multilateral investment treaties. Although it is considered as an independent basis for a finding of State responsibility, some arbitral tribunals have considered that the standard of protection against arbitrariness or discrimination is closely linked […]
