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CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes; Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, Panthéon-Sorbonne University François Bordes, Attorney at...
N°1 - octobre 2026
SOMMAIRE
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes; Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, Panthéon-Sorbonne University François Bordes, Attorney at...
FOREWORD
Public International Law and International Arbitration: An Essential Conversation
Public international law is at home in investment treaty arbitration. Treaty law, customary international law, the rules on State responsibility or the work of international courts and tribunals are...
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
9 When an Arbitrator Acts as Amicus Curiae: Testing the Boundaries of Impartiality
KEY POINTS ➜ Independence vs. impartiality: The Paris Court of Appeal clearly distinguishes between the two concepts. An arbitrator’s participation as amicus curiae in separate proceedings does not,...
10 Arbitration and International Organizations. New Developments at the International Law Commission
KEY POINTS ➜ The International Law Commission’s draft guidelines on settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties, adopted on first reading in 2026, is of particular...
11 UNCITRAL’s 59th Session Advances Digital Arbitration: Arbitral Awards and Notices in Electronic Form
Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Fifty-ninth session (New York, 29 June-10 July 2026, A/81/17, Annexes III-V) Judith Knieper, Dr., Secretary of Working Group II,...
12 United States D.C. District Court Confirms $25 Million ICSID Award Against Venezuela Amid Dispute Over Government Representation
Air Canada Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, memorandum opinion, 14 August 2026 Yoleth Laínez Calderón, Dr., Dual Qualified Lawyer (Honduras &...
13 EU-Law Objections Do Not Preclude the Attachment of Spain’s Assets to Enforce a US$156 Million ICSID Award
Yoleth Laínez Calderón, Dr., Dual Qualified Lawyer (Honduras & Paris Bars) Having relied on Spain’s 2007 renewable energy incentive framework when deciding to invest in the country, the investors...
Arbitration Community
- Simmons & Simmons appoints Amir Ghaffari as partner and global co-head of international arbitration alongside Philippe Cavalieros. Ghaffari joins the London practice from Ghaffari Fussell, the UK-...
14 Foreign Investment in Algeria: Balancing Economic Sovereignty and Investment Attractiveness
Executive Order No. 26-270 of 1st August 2026, Algerian Official Gazette No. 56, 2 August 2026 Merwan Lomri, Senior Disputes Manager, TotalEnergies In 2009, Algeria, which until then had pursued a...
CONFERENCES October & November 2026 Arbitration week 26-30 October 2026 - Seoul
Seoul ADR Festival Launched in 2015 with the support of KCAB International, the festival brings together practitioners, academics, institutions and users for a week of sessions on arbitration and...
PERSPECTIVES ANALYSIS
4 Significant Decisions of the Singapore International Commercial Court in Arbitration (2025-2026)
The court set out important principles on jurisdictional challenges in the context of investment disputes against states, notably in the context of an Intra-EU objection, the public policy exception,...
5 The Evolution of Substantive Standards of Protection in Investment Treaty Law: Between Adolescence and Maturity Part I: The Age of Adolescence
This two-part Analysis traces the pendular evolution of substantive standards in international investment law over more than two centuries, between expansion and backlash. Part I, published here,...
PERSPECTIVES CASE NOTE
6 First Revision of an Award Rendered at the Olympic Games: The Jordan Chiles Case Returns to the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Solution. - The Swiss Federal Supreme Court held that parties remain subject to a duty of due diligence in identifying potential grounds for challenging an arbitrator’s independence, even un-der the...
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