Workshop: Articles on State Responsibility and Investment Arbitration

The Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host a discussion today on the Articles on State Responsibility and Investment Arbitration at the BIICL. Speakers include Zachary Douglas (Matrix Chambers) and Simon Olleson (Thirteen Old Square). Simon Nesbitt (Lovells LLP) will comment, and James Crawford (Univ. of Cambridge & Matrix Chambers) will preside. The preliminary draft of the BIICL's research project on the "Impact of the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts" (drafted by Simon Olleson) is available here. Here's a description of the event:

The Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, adopted by the International Law Commission in 2001, have had a profound impact on international dispute settlement generally and investor-State arbitrations in particular. The speakers will explore a number of issues concerning the treatment of the Articles by arbitral tribunals, including the general applicability of the Articles in investment disputes, and the use made by tribunals of specific provisions of the Articles, including the rules on attribution of conduct to the State. Comments will also be made as to the recent UN General Assembly debate on the eventual fate of the Articles.