Launch of Empirical Study on Annulment in Investor-State Disputes
Event Details
On 28 January 2021 BIICL and Baker Botts will present the first comprehensive empirical study on annulment in investment treaty arbitration. The study examines hundreds of annulment decisions by rendered by ICSID annulment committees and domestic courts.
This empirical study builds on a detailed examination of the entire universe of publicly available decisions and offers a unique insight into how ICSID annulment committees and domestic courts treat annulment applications.
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Programme
Our speakers will cover a range of issues related to annulment in ISDS, including:
- The number of annulment decisions and their growth over time
- Are investors or states more likely to apply to annul an award?
- What are the most cited ICSID annulment committee decisions?
- What are the most successful and the least successful grounds for annulment?
- How do ICSID annulment committees understand serious departure from a fundamental rule of procedure and failure to state the reasons on which it was based?
- How has the interpretation of different annulment grounds evolved over time?
- Certain differences between ICSID and non-ICSID annulment proceedings