Ratification

Commercial Courts, Immunity, London, New York Convention, New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Ratification, State Immunity, Waiver

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On 17 April 2025, in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd and Others v. the Republic of India [2025] EWHC 964 (Comm), the Commercial Court in London handed down a landmark judgment that is reverberating in the arbitration world around the globe. The court held that India’s ratification of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards…

Constitutional Court, Ecuador, ICSID Convention, Investment protection, Ratification

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On 15 January 1986, Ecuador signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (“ICSID Convention”). During President Rafael Correa´s administration (2007-2017), President Correa publicly expressed his hostility towards the ICSID Convention and the international investment protection system. In 2008, Ecuador denounced over a third of its bilateral…

Consent, Ecuador, ICSID Convention, International Investment Arbitration, Ratification

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On June 21, 2021, Ecuador’s Ambassador to the United States, Ivonne Juez Abuchacra de Baki, signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the “ICSID Convention“) on behalf of the Republic of Ecuador (“Ecuador“).  With Ecuador, the number of signatory States to the ICSID Convention is now…