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Challenge of Arbitrators at ICSID—An Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Meg Kinnear
Meg Kinnear*
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International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
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Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Disputes: Standards and Outcomes
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 108 , 2014 , pp. 412 - 416
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

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References

1 Amco Asia Corp. v. Republic of Indonesia, ICSID Case No. ARB/81/1.

2 Víctor Pey Casado v. Republic of Chile, ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2.

3 Abaclat v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5; Koch Minerals Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/1.

4 Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5; Urbaser S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26; Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12; CDC Group plc v. Republic of Seychelles, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/14; CEMEX Caracas Investments B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/15.

5 ICSID Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings (Arbitration Rules) 9(6) and 10(2).

6 Arbitration Rule 9(1). Aside from a requirement in Rule 9(1) that reasons for the proposal must be included, there is no prescribed format.

7 Arbitration Rule 9(2)(a).

8 Arbitration Rule 9(2)(b).

9 Arbitration Rule 9(3).

10 Arbitration Rule 9(4).

11 Id.

12 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States, opened for signature Mar. 18, 1965 (entered into force Oct. 14, 1966) (ICSID Convention). Article 58 further provides that the arbitrator shall be replaced if the proposal is “well-founded.”

13 Blue Bank Int’l v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20; Urbaser S.A.; Burlington Resources, Inc.; ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/07⁄30; Universal Compression Int’l Holdings, S.L.U. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/9.

14 Urbaser S.A., Decision on Claimants’ Proposal to Disqualify an Arbitrator, para. 43 (Aug. 12, 2010).

15 Blue Bank Int’l, Decision on the Parties’ Proposals to Disqualify a Majority of the Tribunal, paras. 59–61 (Nov. 12, 2013); Caratube Int’l Oil Co. LLP v. Republic of Kazakhstan, Decision on the Proposal for Disqualification of Mr. Bruno Boesch, ICSID Case No. ARB/13/13, paras. 54–57 (Mar. 20, 2014).

16 E.g., Amco Asia Corp.; Compañía de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3; EDF Int’l S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23; Suez v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17; Suez v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19.

17 Electrabel S.A. v. Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/19.

18 Abaclat v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5; Koch Minerals Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/1.

19 Repsol, S.A. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/38.

20 E.g., Urbaser; Universal; Tethyan Copper Co. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/1.

21 E.g., Opic Karimun Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/14; Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5; Blue Bank Int’l.