Compensation for Moral Damages

Armed Conflict, Border Dispute, Careers in Arbitration, Compensation for Moral Damages, Economic Sanctions, Korea, Ukraine

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The Third Annual Yonsei Arbitration Day (YAD) was held virtually on 26 August 2022. With the war raging in Ukraine, “War and Arbitration” was the event’s main topic, and the keynote speaker and headline session dealt with the present and future of international arbitration regarding armed conflicts. More than 140 participants from at least 24…

BIT, Compensation for Moral Damages, International Law, Investment Arbitration

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Lundin Tunisia B. V. v. Republic of Tunisia is a case that very little information was (and, in many ways, still is) available about until very recently. In November 2016, excerpts from the award (in French), itself dated December 22, 2015, became available on the ICSID website. The published excerpts give very limited information on…

BIT, Compensation for Moral Damages, International Law, Investment Arbitration, Investment protection

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As has been chronicled in previous postings, the 2008 decision of an ICSID arbitral tribunal to award $1 Million (US) in “moral damages” to an injured company has been eyed covetously by other investor-claimants in investment treaty disputes. Such sums may be “small change” compared to the more conventional forms of economic compensation claimed for…

Arbitration Awards, Compensation for Moral Damages, Investment Arbitration

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Until very recently, the issue of moral damages had arisen in only a handful of investor-State disputes. However in 2008 and 2009 alone, no less than five arbitration awards discussed the issue. While some tribunals dismissed moral damages claims based on lack of evidence (Pey Casado v. Chile; Biwater v. Tanzania and Europe Cement v….