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Worley International Services v. Ecuador: The What, When and How in Corruption Allegations

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On its part, the Respondent raised several objections to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, specifically pointing to several instances of corrupt and illegal acts allegedly committed by Worley at the making and during the operation of the investment. Worley may have willfully failed to monitor and investigate Tecnazul’s corrupt activities.

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2023 Year in Review: Key Developments in Europe (Investment Arbitration)

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These model clauses aim to serve as guidance for EU Member States when they negotiate (or renegotiate) their BITs with third countries (extra-EU BITs). This might reflect, as they argued, some sort of recognition that the EU Member States ‘need flexibility when negotiating ISDS’ under extra-EU BITs.

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Europe Embraces a New Dawn of Arbitration in Asia

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This discussion resulted in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act being amended in 2015 to clarify that foreign awards would only be considered contrary to public policy if, for example, the award was affected by fraud or corruption or contravened the fundamental policy of Indian law.

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A Never-ending Story? Dual Nationals in Investment Arbitration: A Commentary on Santamarta v Venezuela

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Under the same rationale a similar principle of in dubio pro investor could have a place in international investment law, given that the foreign investor does not participate in the negotiations of BITs, or the drafting of foreign investment legislation. ” (see Lepoutre/Riva (1998): Nacionalidad y Apatridia, Rol del ACNUR.

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CJEU’s Decision in International Skating Union v. European Commission: Its Manageable Consequences for International Arbitration

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In negotiating with the Commission the ISU should be anxious only to satisfy the former, not the latter. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

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Since 2016, Mongolia has been working to establish a new model BIT to guide the negotiation of new BITs and the renegotiation of existing BITs. In 2006, the parties settled and the case was discontinued.

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2023 Washington Arbitration Week Recap: The Interplay Between ICJ and ISDS, the Eyes of International Adjudication Are Humanized

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2001-4, Partial Award, 17 March 2006. For example, in the 2006 ILC Report on Fragmentation , Martti Koskenniemi used the term “exotic” to refer to international investment law (p. 2001-4, Partial Award, 17 March 2006. ITL-55-129-3, 17 September 1985; and the ISDS case of Saluka v Czech Republic , PCA Case no.