…the second, Corinne Montineri and Judith Knieper of UNCITRAL gave an overview of ISDS Reform starting with the UNCITRAL Transparency Standards and continuing with the Working Group III mandate to…

…(FAI Secretary General) opened the event with an outline of the conference topics—public-private arbitration, transparency, technology, sports arbitration and the users’ perspective—examined during the conference from non-conventional angles to shed…

…of interpretation. The issues of consistency and bias in arbitral decision-making cannot be underestimated. They have given rise to criticisms regarding the legitimacy and transparency of arbitration as a dispute…

…a long-standing need for greater availability, clarity, and transparency of detailed statistics in arbitration for parties who are faced with or engaged in arbitration and for parties who are considering…

Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (the “Transparency Rules”) were thought to hold the potential to blaze a trail towards ISDS transparency and the UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State…

…confidentiality and privacy, demanding instead transparency and public accountability. One of such cases where the demand for transparency and public accountability is especially strong is where an arbitration clause in…

…of transparency; and • institutions must carefully consider the quality of their appointments, and ensure that their criteria are aligned to party criteria– a consultation process would be an ideal…

…interest on the part of arbitrators, many of whom are also practitioners. Lack of procedural transparency is another issue. Based on the above concerns and the backlash against ISDS, the…