Updating ‘Party Appointment’
13.11.2025
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), and Arbitration before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in particular, has been under fierce scrutiny from academia, civil society, and political...
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- Interview
- Symposium
- The Person Behind the Practitioner
In Conversation with Dr Penelope Ridings
17.10.2025
Penelope Ridings
Antonio José Guzmán Mutis
Dr Ridings, thank you very much for accepting this kind invitation, which will constitute part of the Völkerrechtsblog symposium The Person behind the Practitioner. Thank you for inviting me to...
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
28.07.2025
The Essential Security Interest (ESI) clause, despite its increasing prevalence in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), has been subject to conflicting interpretations by Tribunals over the last few decades. The provision...
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Back to the Future: Viewing Emerging Climate Risk Through a Precautionary Lens
26.10.2023
Naimeh Masumy
Amanda J. Lee
This piece explores the utility of the precautionary principle as a tool available to investment tribunals tasked with assessing measures adopted by States to address climate-related risks. To date, little...
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Closing Doors to Investor-State Dispute Settlement
02.10.2023
Global South countries have often asserted that Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) ensnare them, culminating in manifestations of neocolonialism, where their populations endure poverty while foreign corporations profit from their vast...
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Rockhopper v. Italy and the Tension between ISDS and Climate Policy
21.12.2022
On 23 August 2022, a Tribunal constituted under the auspices of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) handed down a long-awaited Award in the case of Rockhopper v. Italy. The investor’s...
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