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Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. & Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2017

Susan L. Karamanian
Susan L. Karamanian*
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The George Washington University Law School
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 3 , July 2011 , pp. 553 - 560
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 Agreement on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, Fr.-Arg., July 3, 1991, 1728 UNTS 281.

2 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States, Mar. 18, 1965, 17 UST 1270, 575 UNTS 159 [hereinafter ICSID Convention].

3 Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. & Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/97/3, Decision on the Argentine Republic’s Request for Annulment of the Award Rendered on 20 August 2007 (Aug. 10, 2010), at Oxford Rep. Int’l Inv. Claims [IIC] 446 (2010), http://ita.law.uvic.ca/ [hereinafter Annulment Decision]. For the first award and annulment decision in the case, see Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. & Compagnie Generate des Eaux v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/97/3, Award (Nov. 21, 2000), 40 ILM 426 (2001), available at http://icsid.worldbank.org/; Compafiia de Aguas del AconquijaS.A. & Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/97/3, Decision on Annulment (July 3, 2002), 41 ILM 1135 (2002), available at http://icsid.worldbank.org/.

4 Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. & Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/97/3, Award (Aug. 20, 2007), IIC 307 (2007), available at http://ita.law.uvic.ca/ [hereinafter Award].

5 Kaufmann-Kohler’s UBS ties gave rise to failed requests for her removal from other arbitral tribunals. See, e.g., EDF Int’l S.A, SAUR Int’l S.A., & León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/03/23, Challenge Decision Regarding Professor Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler (June 25, 2008), at http://ita.law.uvic.ca/; Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A., & Vivendi Universal S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID No. ARB/03/19, Decision on a Second Proposal for the Disqualification of a Member of the Arbitral Tribunal (May 12, 2008), IIC 342 (2008), available at http://ita.law.uvic.ca/ [hereinafter Suez Decision].

6 ICSID Convention, supra note 2, Art. 52(1)(a), (d).

7 Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings, r. 6(2) (effective Jan. 1, 2003), reprinted in Reed, Lucy, Paulsson, Jan, & Blackaby, Nigel, Guide to Icsid Arbitration, Annex 4, at 138 (2004)Google Scholar.

8 Id.

9 Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings, r. 6(2), in International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Convention, Regulations and Rules, Doc. ICSID/15 (Apr. 10,2006), available at http://icsid.worldbank.org/ Google Scholar (follow “Convention” hyperlink) [hereinafter ICSID Arbitration Rules].

10 Award, supra note 4, para 1.4.1.

11 The committee explained that, “ [h]aving extensively considered all the arguments, the ad hoc Committee, after long deliberations, has come to the conclusion that there is no sufficient ground to annul the Second Award” (emphasis added).

12 ICSID Convention, supra note 2, Art. 14(1).

13 Id, Art. 57.

14 Uncitral Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration 1985 with Amendments as Adopted in 2006, Art. 12, UN Sales No. E.08.V.4 (2008), available at http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/arbitration/ml-arb/07-86998_Ebook.pdf Google Scholar.

15 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (May 22, 2004), at http://www.ibanet.org/.

16 Id., col. 23, point 3.5.4.

17 Additional Opinion of Professor JH Dalhuisen Under Article 48(4) of the ICSID Convention, in Annulment Decision, supra note 3 [hereinafter Add. Op.]. Dalhuisen’s signing of the annulment decision was “[s]ubject to the attached separate opinion.” Annulment Decision, supra, para. 269(D).

18 Observing that “[a]s a minimum, the Secretariat is keen to do the recitals.”

19 Noting that determining “the key facts and relevant arguments and how they should be presented . . . is for Arbitrators or ad hoc Committee Members.”

20 ICSID Arbitration Rules, supra note 9, r. 15 (1) (providing that tribunal deliberations “shall take place in private and remain secret”).

21 See supra note 12 and corresponding text.

22 Suez Decision, supra note 5, paras. 27–28.

23 ICSID Administrative and Financial Regulations, Reg. 27(1), in Doc. ICSID/15, supra note 9.

24 With the parties’ consent, the second tribunal had hired a Canadian lawyer as an assistant. Award, supra note 4, para. 1.4.3.

25 Schreuer, Christoph H., The Icsid Convention: a Commentary 38 (2d ed. 2009)Google Scholar.

26 ICSID Convention, supra note 2, Art. 13(2) (authorizing the chairman to select ten persons, each of a different nationality, to serve on the panel of arbitrators); Art. 38 (recognizing that when the tribunal has not been constituted in a timely manner, the chairman shall appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators at a party’s request); Art. 52(3) (authorizing the chairman to appoint members of an ad hoc annulment committee).

27 Amending the ICSID Convention requires unanimous approval of all state parties to the treaty. ICSID Convention, supra note 2, Art. 66(1).