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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

These and other constraints under the model law are commendable anti-corruption measures, but may make it more difficult to accommodate emerging “green procurement” approaches. The threshold challenge here is to ensure that there is sufficient information in the marketplace to make this kind of requirement workable.

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The Double Hatting Paradox in Investment Arbitration: Justification For Abolition?

Kluwer Arbitration

This illustrates the possibility of an arbitrator getting influenced by his counsel role in other cases. Explicit recognition of this lower threshold in investment arbitration may prima facie appear to have resolved the complication arising out of the interpretation of the term “manifest” in Article 57 of the ICSID Convention.

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Is the Last Bastion of State Immunity Under Siege? Some Reflections on the English High Court’s Decision in General Dynamics v Libya

Kluwer Arbitration

Waiver of Execution Immunity Under the SIA The increasing acceptance of the doctrine of restrictive immunity has influenced how municipal courts treat arbitration agreements entered into by States and State-owned entities (“SOEs”). Here, Libya inadvertently agreed to its assets being attached to satisfy an adverse arbitral award.

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Ascendancy of Institutional Arbitration in the Gulf: Abu Dhabi Adds New International Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

The 2023 SCCA Arbitration Rules (commented on in a previous blog post ) increased the threshold amount in dispute for expedited proceedings to approximately USD 1.07 million – a response to the growing criticism directed at DIAC’s significantly lower threshold of around USD 270,000. million in value.

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Turning up the Heat on Tech Investors: Navigating the New “Tech Cold War”

Kluwer Arbitration

Amid concerns over the influence tech companies wield, States are starting to insulate their economies from perceived foreign risks of influence, while seeking to champion home-grown tech juggernauts. These changes have profound political, economic, and societal implications.

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How to Effectively Deal with Climate Change Disputes? Proposals from the First Annual Conference of the Roma Tre-UNIDROIT Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

She offered a taxonomy of these disputes, based on the nature of the parties involved, their forum, and their legal basis, and she stressed that they have the potential to influence the conduct of both States and private actors.

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Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

For example, when we take a whole year of contracts after a transparency reform taking place in May, our estimation may be biased if a procurement regulatory reform happened 5 months later, such as a new reporting threshold introduced. However, the average number of received bids increases by 0.5 bids without direct contracts considered.

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