The international law of foreign investment protection has, throughout the last century of its
development, been concerned with the search for the most appropriate rules and the best …

'Obligations of investors' do until now in general not feature prominently as a topic in
treatises on international investment law. This frequently displayed disregard has in the past …

The arbitral award of 26 June 2003 in the Loewen case² is not a" leading case" in the sense
of an enunciation of principles that either need to be, or in some respects should be …

ICSID ARBITRATION Page 1 FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND ICSID
ARBITRATION Charles Vuylsteke* Introduction The International Centre for Settlement of …

A number of investment cases in the aftermath of the Argentine economic crisis 2001/2002
have addressed important issues of state of necessity. The tribunals affirmed that the …

The creation of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, under the
auspices of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), is the …

Treaties for the promotion and protection of investments have for more than twenty years
been a feature of international practice. Since 1959 the Federal Republic of Germany has …

Although the concept of'fair and equitable treatment'now occupies a position of prominence
in the investment relations between States, it has not been subject to extensive analysis in …

EVERY PRACTITIONER KNOWS or should know that the principal function of an arbitration
agreement or mechanism is preventive: as aptly pointed out by a wellknown Bulgarian …

Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order. 1 The principles which
were thereby to achieve full respect included:(e) Full permanent sovereignty of every State …