This book chapter by Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou appears in The Practice of Interpretation in International Law and examines methods of interpretation in international investment law.
KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology has scheduled a masterclass on arbitration between States for 28 November 2025 as part of its 2025-2026 Legal Clinics programme.
Mathias Audit investigates the legal difficulties surrounding investor-State arbitration claims and their assignment. He places those claims in the context of bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, free trade agreements, foreign investment codes and domestic investment law.
Mohamed F. Sweify’s article in the Journal of International Arbitration addresses the legal framework applicable to foreign investors operating in Egypt’s energy and minerals sector.
Nadia Darwazeh and Rémi Sassine’s article in the Journal of International Arbitration addresses irreparable or irremediable harm as a condition for interim measures in international arbitration.
The article addresses how third-party funding (TPF) can widen access to international arbitration while creating risks for cost recovery and procedural balance, including situations where respondents face substantial exposure if funded claimants cannot satisfy adverse awards.
In an article published in the Netherlands International Law Review, Christian Riffel considers how exception clauses shape the balance between investor rights and regulatory freedom in international investment law.
Mohamed A M Ismail’s peer-reviewed article in the Uniform Law Review addresses the role of the UPICC in preserving, and where necessary restoring, economic equilibrium in international investment contracts (IICs).
Bálint Kovács’s article in ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal examines the relationship between investment arbitration and international climate change law, with a focus on revaluing the doctrine of legitimate expectations.
UNCITRAL reported progress in its work on dispute settlement and digital trade at its 59th session. The development is relevant to international arbitration law and the handling of cross-border disputes.
Honduras on 2026-07-09 announced the development entitled “Honduras Ratifies the ICSID Convention”. The announcement concerns a development in the context of International / ICSID.
Aysun Bolaca’s article in Ticaret ve Fikri Mülkiyet Hukuku Dergisi examines investor obligations in new-generation investment treaties through an ESG lens.
Tamás György Sveda’s article in Magyar Jog, the second part of a two-part study, addresses the still-unresolved questions surrounding arbitrators’ liability in damages under Hungarian practice.
In a news release dated 30 June 2026, ICSID announced the publication of its first study on contract-based cases, together with statistics and new model clauses. The notice records a new institutional publication on the contract-based side of investment disputes within the ICSID framework.
UNCITRAL Working Group III’s workshop on implementing investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform for African States is taking place in Rabat from 3 to 5 June 2026.
The article examines whether an arbitration clause not written directly into the articles of association, but incorporated by reference to another document, is valid and binding on shareholders.
María Inmaculada Rodríguez Roblero’s article in CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL analyses arbitration as a legal institution through Spanish case law.
This paper critically examines how the CJEU judgment in RFC Seraing v. FIFA (C-600/23) reconfigures the relationship between arbitral autonomy and the primacy of EU constitutional law.
In the summer of 2025, an Austrian case concerning an arbitration agreement based on principles of Islamic law and a domestic award ordering damages of more than EUR 1,000,000 triggered significant public controversy.
UNCITRAL announced on 23 March 2026 that Azerbaijan had signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation. The Convention concerns the cross-border framework for international settlement agreements resulting from mediation.
Colombia has ratified the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation.