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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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2024 PAW: Affaires d’Etats Vol. 3 – Amplifying the Voices of Developing States in ISDS Reform

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The Voices of Developing States in Multilateral Fora Ladan Mehranvar kicked off the discussion by presenting the findings of her upcoming empirical paper on the attendance and participation of government delegations in the WGIII negotiations.

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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

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In 2016, Pakistan asked the World Bank (which facilitated the negotiations preceding the Indus Water Treaty) to facilitate an ad-hoc Court of Arbitration to investigate its concerns about the designs of the two hydroelectric power projects. India asked for the appointment of a Neutral Expert for the same purpose.

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12th ICC Brazilian Arbitration Day: An Open and Honest Conversation about ADR and Arbitration Evolution

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Since its inception in 2015, the ICC BAD has enjoyed consistent success, and in 2024 arbitration practicing lawyers and clients had further reasons to celebrate: the 10 th anniversary of ICC Brasil. Federal legislation dictates that, except for cases of willful misconduct and corruption, managers are not held responsible for agreements.

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The Withdrawal by the EU and some Member States from the Energy Charter Treaty: International Protection for Energy Investments and Climate Change Related Carve-outs

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The carve-out was not among the closed list of topics for negotiation approved by the Energy Charter Conference in 2019. Neither was it included in the EU Council’s original negotiating mandate or in the initial EU proposal.

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Cross-Fertilisation in International Commercial Arbitration, Investor-State Arbitration and Mediation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

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So instead, from 2015, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore International Mediation Centre developed an Arb-Med-Arb protocol involving separate processes and neutrals, which has attracted a few dozen cases. This was not popular in practice. Most now answer more affirmatively (see e.g., here ).

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Arbitration With Public Entities in Brazil: Must Regulatory Agencies Participate?

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This, however, is not the most interesting aspect of the discussion, as the revision of the Brazilian Arbitration Act in 2015 buried most discussions in that regard and both the Contract and the Notice contained clear arbitration agreements. Pursuant to Municipal Decree No.