ISDS, Mediation, Pre-arbitration Dispute Settlement Procedures, Settlement

(JAMS; Weinstein International Foundation) and (Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes )/ /1 Comment
Three Crowns LLP

For many years, arbitration has been the de facto vehicle of choice for the resolution of investor-state disputes. However, despite the wholesale and widespread adoption of mediation in every sort of dispute, mediation is used rarely in investor-state disputes (Systra v. Philippines is one example). As of this writing, only 11 (1.3% of total ICSID…