Introduction

A Working Group prepared this Note (1) to estimate the costs of establishing and operating an Advisory Centre on International Investment Law ("ACIIL" or "Centre") that provides assistance to States in handling treaty-based investor-State disputes; and (2) to identify possible sources of finance for the Centre's operation. It does not deal with the desirability of establishing an ACIIL and the range of other issues to be considered in this respect. Since the specific objectives, beneficiaries and scope of services of the ACIIL are not known at this point, certain ...