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CROSS POST: FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA AFFIRMS JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE ARBITRAL AWARDS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES PARTY TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION
In a recent post on our Arbitration Notes blog, Andrew Cannon, Antony Crockett, Chad Catterwell, James Allsop, Imogen Kenny and Joy Rao consider the …
MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU TO APPLY COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION TO STATE IMMUNITY
The PRC has passed a new Foreign State Immunity Law which will apply the "restrictive" approach to foreign state immunity with effect from 1 January …
RECENT ICSID DEVELOPMENTS: CASELOAD STATISTICS AND THE FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE UNDER THE ICSID 2022 RULES
ICSID has recently released its biannual caseload statistics for FY2023 and a separate publication reviewing the first year of practice under the newly …
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 …
GERMAN FEDERAL COURT OF JUSTICE RULES ON APPLICATIONS TO DECLARE TWO PENDING INTRA-EU ICSID ARBITRATIONS INADMISSIBLE
INTRODUCTION On 27 July 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") ruled on applications by Germany and the Netherlands to declare two …
ICSID releases complete 2022 caseload statistics
ICSID published on 30 January 2023 its case statistics up to 31 December 2022 (see here). This post examines the latest trends as compared to ICSID's …
Colombia and Venezuela agree a new Bilateral Investment Treaty, Venezuela's first since withdrawing from the ICSID Convention
On February 23, 2019, Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Colombia and gave Colombian diplomats twenty-four hours to leave the country. Four years …
Treaty on maritime biodiversity finalised
On 4 March 2023, the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (Conference) …
8th ANNUAL EFILA CONFERENCE ON 16TH MARCH 2023 IN MADRID: CLIMATE CHANGE AND INVESTMENT LAW
We are pleased to share with you the details of the upcoming Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), taking …
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Asked to Issue Advisory Opinion on States’ Obligation to Respond to the Climate Emergency
On January 9, 2023, Chile and Colombia co-signed a request to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (“Inter-American Court”) for an …
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