Introduction

On July 1, Prof. Thomas Wälde of the Center for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law Policy, University of Dundee, posted to the OGEMID list a copy of draft principles on the independence of the international judiciary authored by the International Law Association/Project on International Courts and Tribunals, Study Group on the Practice and Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals led by Philippe Sands. Those draft principles, despite their name, extended to international arbitration as well as national courts. The next day, Wälde offered his comments to Sands ...