International arbitration, International environmental disputes, Permanent Court of Arbitration

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Introduction “Essentially what is at stake at this climate conference is peace”. Those were the words uttered by French President François Hollande to signify the importance of COP21 – the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) held in Paris to address climate change in December 2015. Indeed,…

Arbitrators, IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest, Secretary of the Arbitral Tribunal, Third party funding

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The IBA recently revised its Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration. This was the culmination of a review by the IBA Arbitration Committee, which began in 2012. The salient changes address the rise of advance declarations by arbitrators; third-party funding; increasing significance of arbitral secretaries; and the possibility that an arbitrator, and counsel…