Executive Summary

Young-OGEMID conducted its nineteenth virtual symposium, Illegality and Corruption in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). It addressed the significant issues in ISDS, frequently raised by the State government as a jurisdictional objection. Allegations of illegality and corruption are commonly observed in investor-state dispute settlement proceedings, sparking ongoing debate among scholars and practitioners. In recent years, some legal standards on illegality applied by tribunals have come under scrutiny, along with countervailing factors such as investor misconduct also ...