Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Conference: Why Still ICSID? Summary Procedures, Annulment Proceedings and the Future of ICSID Arbitration

Tomorrow, November 3, 2011, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host a conference on "Why Still ICSID? Summary Procedures, Annulment Proceedings and the Future of ICSID Arbitration." The program is here. Here's the idea:
The purpose of this conference is to assess the future role of ICSID in investment treaty dispute resolution. To this end, panels will consider (a) the developing use of summary procedures in investment treaty arbitration, (b) the ongoing development of ICSID's annulment jurisprudence and (c) ICSID's position in connection with developments in the European Union and bilateral and multilateral treaty practice (e.g. Australia's decision to not include investor-state dispute provisions in future trade agreements and South Africa's investment treaty review).