Summary

Investor-State dispute resolution has become a subject of increasing importance both to private investors and State parties, given the proliferation of bilateral and multilateral investment protection treaties that provide to foreign investor's direct recourse to international arbitration for claims against States. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ('ICSID' or the 'Centre') is central to this theme as the majority of such treaties provide for ICSID arbitration. ICSID is a sister organization in the World Bank group that shares in that ...