| 1 | Investment treaty arbitration: introduction This overview note provides an introductory outline of investment treaty arbitration, identifying the sources of law and relevant institutions. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Investment treaty arbitration: legal issues This note outlines the legal issues and concepts that commonly arise in investment treaty arbitration. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Procedure in ICSID arbitration The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), established under the 1965 ICSID Convention, is a World Bank Group organisation that administers investor-state arbitrations. This practice note gives guidance on all stages of procedure in ICSID arbitration, from commencement of the arbitration and constitution of the tribunal, to the conduct of the proceedings and the award. It also considers issues such as sovereign immunity from the enforcement and execution of awards. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Annulment of awards in ICSID arbitration A note on the annulment of awards in ICSID arbitration. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Definition of investment in international investment law The definition of investment in international investment law is of fundamental importance to the question of whether a tribunal has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute. This note examines the meaning of investment under international treaties and the ICSID Convention, and discusses specific issues which can arise in relation to the definition of investment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Expropriation in international investment law This practice note analyses the concept of expropriation in international investment law, with examples from investment treaty arbitration awards. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Fair and equitable treatment in international investment law A practice note analysing the fair and equitable treatment standard in international investment law, including comparisons with other standards of treatment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | How most favoured nation clauses in bilateral investment ... A Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause requires the state party to one investment treaty to provide investors with treatment no less favourable than the treatment it provides to investors under other investment treaties. This note examines the evolving role of the most favoured nation clause, including commentary on leading investment treaty awards. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | ICSID arbitration: a step-by-step guide This note sets out the usual steps in ICSID arbitration, providing links to the relevant rules and practical guidance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Intra-EU bilateral investment treaties: tracker A tracker outlining developments on issues relating to intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (intra-EU BITs), including their compatibility with EU law and the draft regulation on BITs between member states and third countries. The table tracks the positions taken by the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), the European Parliament, arbitral tribunals and member states' courts. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Looking ahead tracker: developments in international ... A tracker outlining anticipated key developments in international arbitration. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Non-damages remedies in international arbitration This note outlines the complex questions associated with making, or responding to, a request for non-damages remedies in international arbitration. It also considers the range of non-damages remedies (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) that are available in international arbitration. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Umbrella clauses The aim of this practice note is to provide a practical guide to identifying, construing and relying upon umbrella clauses in bilateral investment treaties. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | What is an investor for the purposes of investment treaty ... To invoke the protections of an investment treaty, a claimant must establish that it is an investor as defined by the relevant treaty. This Practice note analyses the concept of an investor within the framework of international investment agreements. | Practice notes | Maintained |