Public International Law Notes

Bahrain Ratifies Bilateral Investment Treaty with UAE

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 …

UNCITRAL PUBLISHES INITIAL DRAFT ON THE REGULATION OF THIRD-PARTY FUNDING IN INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

UPDATE ON THE FUTURE OF ISDS: WORKING GROUP III UNCITRAL DISCUSSIONS OF FEBRUARY 2021

THE EU AND CANADA ADOPT PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE CETA INVESTMENT COURT SYSTEM

On 29 January 2021, the European Union (“EU”) and Canada adopted four decisions (the “Decisions”), which put in place specific rules elaborating the …

UPDATES ON POTENTIAL EU-CHINA COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT (WITH A FOCUS ON INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND ISDS) – NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?

UPDATE ON THE FUTURE OF ISDS: UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP III PUBLISHES DRAFT WORKING PAPERS

The USMCA or "NAFTA 2.0" came into force on 1 July 2020

The US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), the replacement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), entered into force on 1 July 2020. …

ICSID AND UNCITRAL RELEASE DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ISDS ADJUDICATORS

ICSID RELEASES FOURTH WORKING PAPER ON ICSID RULES REVISION: INCREASING CONSENSUS, BUT NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS

On 28 February 2020, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") Secretariat (the “Secretariat”) released its Fourth Working …

UPDATE ON THE FUTURE OF ISDS: WORKING GROUP III UNCITRAL DISCUSSIONS OF JANUARY 2020

Update on the future of ISDS: latest Working Group III UNCITRAL discussions

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law's ("UNCITRAL") Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) ("WGIII")​ has …