At the heart of the current system of investment protection is the World Bank, which created the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 in response to requests for arbitration by the Bank s president.

In the light of this limitation, which sets the Oil Platforms case apart from the Nicaragua case, one might have expected the Court to engage in a straightforward exercise in treaty interpretation.

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Focusing on the legal dimension of corporate responsibilities in the field of economic development, he said that trends in investment arbitration case law suggested that certain corporate conduct obligations were inherent in the protective principles found in international investment agreements.

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Of the 219 known international arbitration cases concerning investment projects, some two thirds were initiated during the past three years.

A British court held in 1977 that the Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927 was a multipartite law making treaty and thus not terminated by the Second World War

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The number of BITs between developing countries rose dramatically from 36 in 1990 to 653 in November 2004, involving 114 developing countries.

The distinction between arbitration clause and arbitration agreement is no longer relevant.

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In this context, investor State arbitration was a critical issue in view of the increase in the number of disputes since the mid 1990s.

In such a case, the writing containing the arbitration clause constitutes the arbitration agreement for the purposes of article 35.

In the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration the British Government contended that rights of the United States in respect of fisheries, by virtue of the Treaty of 1783, had been abrogated as a consequence of the war of 1812.

Accordingly, the Court agreed with the tribunal that the arbitration was commenced under the Arbitration clause with the 3 add on' proposals agreed by the parties (i.e. an arbitration to be held in Singapore, with SIAC Rules and in English).

(b) the arbitration procedure or

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(i) commencing arbitral proceedings pursuant to the terms of the arbitration agreement in a place specified therein, or

A delegation noted that, under the UNCTAD least developed countries (LDC) programme, Benin had signed a bilateral treaty for investment promotion and protection.

Article 7. Definition and form of the arbitration agreement

He also conducted arbitrations in Mexico.

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Article 7. Definition of arbitration agreement

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(ii) the arbitral tribunal's decision with respect to the provision of security in connection with the interim measure issued by the arbitral tribunal has not been complied with or

The dispute arose out of a charter party entered into by the claimant and the respondent, providing for arbitration under the rules of the German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA) in Hamburg.

The use of the word may in the arbitration clause was to be interpreted to mean that either party had an option to proceed with arbitration, and not that the submission of disputes to arbitration was optional.

(c) the confirmation or the setting aside of the award,

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(i) a place specified in the arbitration agreement, or

The enforcement court found that the lack of competence of the arbitral tribunal could not be invoked at the time of the recognition of the arbitral award.

The United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention) requires arbitration agreements to be in writing.

The Working Group might wish to consider whether, taking account of the application of that Convention, the question of immunity is a matter that needs to be addressed in the context of arbitration from the perspective of a State agreement to participate in arbitration and enforcement of an arbitral awards against a State.

(a) the validity, interpretation or application of the arbitration agreement

unless the arbitration agreement otherwise provides.

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H. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958)

Article 85. Agreements for arbitration after the dispute has arisen