ICSID Reports: Volume 19 International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Reports Series

The ICSID Reports provide an authoritative collection of investor-State arbitral awards rendered under the auspices of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and other institutions. These decisions, which are fully indexed, make an important contribution to the growing body of jurisprudence on international investment law. The ICSID Reports are an invaluable tool for practitioners, scholars and government lawyers working in the field of public international law, investment treaty arbitration, and international commercial arbitration, whether advising foreign investors or States. Volume 19 of the ICSID Reports focuses on The Meaning of Investment, including an opening piece on the unity of investment by leading scholar and arbitrator Professor Christoph Schreuer and an overview of subject-matter jurisdiction by Professor Michael Waibel. Volume 19 of the ICSID Reports includes summaries, digests and excerpts of decisions rendered between 2004 and 2016 in 21 cases: Mitchell v. DRC, Malaysian Historical Salvors v. Malaysia, Bayview v. Mexico, Biwater Gauff v. Tanzania, Quasar de Valors v. Russia, Phoenix Action v. Czech Republic, Romak v. Uzbekistan, Fakes v. Turkey, Global Trading Resource v. Ukraine, HICEE v. Slovakia, Abaclat v. Argentina, Caratube v. Kazakhstan, Deutsche Bank v. Sri Lanka, Standard Chartered Bank v. Tanzania, Ambiente Ufficio v. Argentina, AES v. Kazakhstan, Enkev Beheer v. Poland, Poštová banka v. Greece, Gavazzi v. Romania, and MNSS v. Montenegro.

Mitchell v. Democratic Republic of Congo (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/7) Summary and digest by Tom Cameron and Yasmine El Achkar, White & Case LLP, Award, 9 February 2004, Paras. 40–57, Dissenting Opinion of Yawovi Agboyibo, 23 January 2004, paras. 6–23, Decision on the Application for Annulment of the Award, 1 November 2006, paras. 25 and 27–41; Malaysian Historical Salvors Sdn, Bhd v. Government of Malaysia (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/10), Summary and digest by Marinn Carlson and Alex Young, Sidley Austin LLP, Award on Jurisdiction, 17 May 2007, paras. 54–148, Decision on the Application for Annulment, 16 April 2009, paras. 56–82, Dissenting Opinion of Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen, 16 April 2009, paras. 1–65; Bayview Irrigation District et al. v. United Mexican States (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/05/1), Summary and digest by Kyongwha Chung, Covington & Burling LLP, Award, 19 June 2007, paras. 81–124; Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22), Summary and digest by Zachary Kady and Sam Berman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Award, 24 July 2008, paras. 307–22; Quasar de Valors SICAV S.A., Orgor de Valores SICAV S.A, GBI 9000 SICAV S.A. and Alos 34 S.L. v. Russian Federation (SCC Case No. 24/2007), Summary and digest by Claudia Frutos-Peterson and Belén María Ibañez, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Award on Preliminary Objections, 20 March 2009, paras. 135–47; Phoenix Action, Ltd. v. Czech Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/5), Summary and digest by Jaime Gallego, LALIVE, Award, 15 April 2009, paras. 74–147; Romak S.A. (Switzerland) v. Republic of Uzbekistan (PCA Case No. AA280), Summary and digest by Patricio Grané Labat and Isabelle Wenger, Arnold & Porter, Award, 26 November 2009, paras. 173–243; Fakes v. Republic of Turkey (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/20), Summary and digest by Antón Vieito Baqueiro and André del Solar Garzón, Uría Menéndez Abogados SLP, Award, 14 July 2010, paras. 89–149; Global Trading Resource Corp. and Globex International, Inc. v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/11), Summary and digest by Alexander Ferguson, University of Cambridge, Award, 1 December 2010, paras. 41–57; HICEE B.V. v. Slovak Republic (PCA Case No. 2009-11), Summary and digest by Andrew Cannon and Hannah Ambrose, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Partial Award, 23 May 2011, paras. 100–47, Dissenting Opinion of Charles N Brower, 23 May 2011, paras. 5–42; Abaclat and Others (Case Formerly Known as Giovanna A Beccara and Others) v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/10), Summary and digest by Christina Cathey Schuetz, Clifford Chance LLP, Decision on Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 11 August 2011, paras. 343–87, Dissenting Opinion Professor Georges Abi-Saab, 28 October 2011, paras. 34–119; Caratube International Oil Company LLP v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/12), Summary and digest by Eduardo Silva Romero, David L Attanasio, Rose Marie Wong and Panos Theodoropoulos, Dechert LLP, Award, 5 June 2012, paras. 339–62; Deutsche Bank AG v. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/2), Summary and digest by Bruno Gélinas-Faucher, University of Cambridge, Award, 31 October 2012, paras. 283–312, Dissenting Opinion of Makhdoom Ali Khan, 23 October 2012, paras. 6–75; Standard Chartered Bank v. United Republic of Tanzania (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/12), Summary and digest by Oliver Hailes, University of Cambridge, Award, 2 November 2012, paras. 196–270; Ambiente Ufficio S.P.A. and Others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/9), Summary and digest by Adrien Canivet, Linklaters LLP, Decision on Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 8 February 2013, paras. 415–520, Dissenting Opinion of Santiago Torres Bernárdez, 2 May 2013, paras. 146–330; AES Corporation and Tau Power B.V. v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/16), Summary and digest by Constantinos Salonidis and Diem