05.12.2014 stockholm -meg kinnear
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INVESTMENT PROTECTION & ISDS
Meg Kinnear
ICSID Secretary-General
Stockholm
May 12, 2014
PROFILE OF ICSID CASELOAD
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ICSID Convention Arbitration Cases ICSID Convention Conciliation Cases
ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Cases ICSID Additional Facility Conciliation Cases
INCREASE IN BITs
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Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2013
INCREASE IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT FDI inflows, global and by group economies (Billions USD)
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RESPONDENTS - GENERAL
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South America 27%
European Union 12%
Central America & the Carribean
6% North America (Canada,
Mexico & U.S.) 5%
Eastern Europe (non-EU) & Central Asia
(non-EU) 14%
Western Europe (non-EU)
1%
Sub-Saharan Africa 16%
Middle East & North Africa 11%
South & East Asia & the Pacific
8%
INVESTORS – EU CASES
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Juridical person 73%
Natural and juridical person
11%
Natural person 16%
Disputes Decided by Arbitral Tribunals under the ICSID
Convention and Additional Facility Rules - Overall
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Award deciding that the claims are manifestly without legal merit
1%*
Award declining jurisdiction
25%
Award dismissing all claims 28%
Award upholding claims in part or in full
46%
OUTCOMES – EU RESPONDENTS (as of March 1, 2014)
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Award declining jurisdiction
19%
Award dismissing all claims 50%
Award upholding claims in part or in full
31%
CONDUCT OF AN ICSID CONVENTION
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FEATURES OF ICSID
• Delocalized facility
• Dedicated to ISDS – expertise of Secretariat
• Low cost – non-profit; use of WBG facilities internationally
• Transparency
• Awards recognized by all 150 members
• Awards enforceable as final judgment in every Member State
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COST
• $25,000 registration fee (paid by Claimant)
• $32,000/year for Secretariat (divided between parties
• Tribunal remuneration of $3,000/day, billed hourly
• Advances held in interest-bearing WB trust fund
• Tribunal discretion regarding costs
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