Introduction: Transparency and ICSID Arbitration

The fact that both practitioners and academics research and write on transparency in ICSID arbitration proceedings already suggests that there has to be a certain degree of transparency as regards the object of their scholarly attention - otherwise any stocktaking attempt would have to remain purely speculative and prove to be virtually impossible for all but those who have personally contributed to the emerging body of international investment law by sitting as arbitrators or by representing parties. Yet the question remains, why, to what extent, and on what basis, third-party ...