[1] For a more in-depth article on the ICSID amendments and their relevance to African States, see Aïssatou Diop and Paul Jean Le Cannu, “The Modernization of Rules for the Resolution of Investment Disputes: the Proposals for Amendment of the ICSID Rules and their Relevance to African States” in African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 23 (2021), p. 36.
[3] ICSID Convention, Article 2.
[4] Report of the Executive Directors on the Convention, para. 9.
[5] Available here
[6] Article 66(1), ICSID Convention; Christoph Schreuer et al., The Icsid Convention: a Commentary, p. 1265, (2nd ed. 2009).
[7] Schreuer, p. 1265.
[8] Schreuer, pp. 1264-1265.
[9] Schreuer, p. 1265.
[10] Available here
[11] Antonio Parra, History of the ICSID Convention, p. 351 (2nd ed. 2017).
[12] Parra, pp. 351-352; Available here
[13] Available here
[14] Ibid
[15] Parra, pp. 448-451; Available here
[16] Available here; ICSID, “Suggested Changes to the ICSID Rules and Regulations: Working Paper of the ICSID Secretariat,” May 12, 2005 available here
[17] Available here
[18] Available here
[19] Available here
[20] ICSID Secretariat, “List of Topics for Potential ICSID Rule Amendment,” available here
[21] ICSID Secretariat, “The ICSID Rule Amendment Process,” p. 3, available here
[22] These are referred to as Working Paper # 2 or WP#2, Working Paper # 3 or WP#3, and Working Paper # 4 or WP#4.
[23] Available here
[24] WP#1, Vol. 1, Synopsis, para. 1, available here
[25] Available here
[26] Available here
[27] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 656, available here
[28] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 657.
[29] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 666 ; WP#2, Vol. 1, para. 468, available here
[30] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 660.
[31] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 663.
[32] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 662.
[33] Schema prepared by the ICSID Secretariat for the purposes of the Consultation Meetings with States.
[34] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 189.
[35] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 33, available here
[36] WP#4, Vol. 1, pp. 45, 137.
[37] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 585.
[38] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 104.
[39] E.g., Indian BITs with Poland, Mexico and Djibouti, see WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 961.
[40] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 961.
[41] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 950.
[42] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 930.
[43] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 931.
[44] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 114.
[45] WP#2, Vol. 1, para. 752.
[46] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 116.
[47] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 117.
[48] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 118.
[49] WP#1, Vol. 1, paras. 119-121.
[50] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 122.
[51] Schema prepared by the ICSID Secretariat for the purposes of the Consultation Meetings with States.
[52] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 37.
[53] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 136, available here
[54] WP#4, Vol. 1, pp. 58-59.
[55] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 349.
[56] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 348.
[57] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 360.
[58] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 353.