TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenge and disqualification of arbitrators in international investment arbitration
T2 - An overview
AU - Cristani, Federica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.
PY - 2014/8/20
Y1 - 2014/8/20
N2 - A significantly small spectrum of arbitrators - i.e. 15 - have sat on the panels making up 55 percent of the 518 investment treaty disputes known today. This has produced considerable, real or perceived, conflicts of interests, whether personal, professional or case- or issue-related. This article addresses the requirements of independence and impartiality of arbitrators under the institutional rules and the relevant ethical codes, together with a survey of the most significant case law on the matter.
AB - A significantly small spectrum of arbitrators - i.e. 15 - have sat on the panels making up 55 percent of the 518 investment treaty disputes known today. This has produced considerable, real or perceived, conflicts of interests, whether personal, professional or case- or issue-related. This article addresses the requirements of independence and impartiality of arbitrators under the institutional rules and the relevant ethical codes, together with a survey of the most significant case law on the matter.
KW - Arbitrators
KW - Challenge
KW - Icsid Arbitration Rules
KW - Independence and impartiality
KW - International investment arbitration
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U2 - 10.1163/15718034-12341273
DO - 10.1163/15718034-12341273
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907855975
SN - 1569-1853
VL - 13
SP - 153
EP - 177
JO - Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
JF - Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
IS - 2
ER -