Public International Law Notes

Beyond Boundaries: the SCC's new policy for Intra-EU Investment Arbitration

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has introduced a new policy where intra-EU investment treaty arbitrations will no longer be designated seats in the EU

The European Commission's Non-Paper on Model Clauses for Member States' BITs with Third Countries

In October last year, the European Commission released a Non-Paper on Model Clauses with Annotations for EU Member States' negotiation of bilateral …

The European Commission proposes withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty

On 7 July 2023, the European Commission formally proposed a coordinated European Union withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), one of the …

EXPERT PANEL DEFINES 'ECOCIDE', FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION AS A CRIME TO BE PROSECUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS ENTERS INTO FORCE

23 EU MEMBER STATES SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION INITIATES INFRINGEMENT ACTION AGAINST NON-SIGNATORIES UK AND FINLAND

UK SUPREME COURT LIFTS STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF ICSID AWARD AGAINST ROMANIA

European Commission issues procedural proposals for the Investment Court System envisaged under CETA

In October 2019, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented four proposals (the "Proposals") to the Council of the European Union (the …

THE VIEW FROM BRUSSELS: THE KEY QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE NEW BREXIT DEAL'S IRISH BACKSTOP REPLACEMENT

5TH EFILA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020: INVESTMENT PROTECTION IN THE EU: ALTERNATIVES TO INTRA-EU BITs (30 JANUARY 2020)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S EVALUATION AND FITNESS CHECK ROADMAP: AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

CJEU CONFIRMS THAT CETA DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISION IS COMPATIBLE WITH EU LAW