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

Kluwer Arbitration

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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Asserting Duress in Signing a Modification

Public Contracting Institute

2 on September 16, 2015. The Board noted that Sand Point had negotiated the terms of Modification 2, and had evidently entered into the mod voluntarily. In leading up to Mod. Sand Point signed Mod. Later, on Oct. 27, 2017, Sand Point raised for the first time its claim that it had entered into Mod. 2 under duress.

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FAR & Beyond: GSA’s TDR Expansion – The Journey Continues

Federal News Network

The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015. It is a management challenge, as well as an opportunity, to move from negotiations based on MFC to a more traditional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404 like analysis under TDR.

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GSA’s TDR Expansion – The Journey Continues  

The Coalition for Government Procurement

The TDR Journey to Date GSA first announced the “TDR Pilot” concept in 2015. It is a management challenge, as well as an opportunity, to move from negotiations based on MFC to a more traditional Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.404 like analysis under TDR.

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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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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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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. The 12th ICC BAD featured the first woman President of the ICC Court, Ms.