Endnotes

[1] For a more in-depth article on the ICSID amendments and their relevance to African States, see Aïssatou Diop and Paul Jean Le Cannu, “The Modernization of Rules for the Resolution of Investment Disputes: the Proposals for Amendment of the ICSID Rules and their Relevance to African States” in African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 23 (2021), p. 36.  

[3] ICSID Convention, Article 2.

[4] Report of the Executive Directors on the Convention, para. 9.

[5] Available here

[6] Article 66(1), ICSID Convention; Christoph Schreuer et al., The Icsid Convention: a Commentary, p. 1265, (2nd ed. 2009).

[7] Schreuer, p. 1265.

[8] Schreuer, pp. 1264-1265.

[9] Schreuer, p. 1265.

[10] Available here

[11] Antonio Parra, History of the ICSID Convention, p. 351 (2nd ed. 2017).

[12] Parra, pp. 351-352; Available here

[13] Available here

[14] Ibid

[15] Parra, pp. 448-451; Available here

[16] Available here; ICSID, “Suggested Changes to the ICSID Rules and Regulations: Working Paper of the ICSID Secretariat,” May 12, 2005 available here

[17] Available here

[18] Available here

[19] Available here

[20] ICSID Secretariat, “List of Topics for Potential ICSID Rule Amendment,” available here

[21] ICSID Secretariat, “The ICSID Rule Amendment Process,” p. 3, available here

[22] These are referred to as Working Paper # 2 or WP#2, Working Paper # 3 or WP#3, and Working Paper # 4 or WP#4.

[23] Available here

[24] WP#1, Vol. 1, Synopsis, para. 1, available here

[25] Available here

[26] Available here

[27] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 656, available here

[28] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 657.

[29] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 666 ; WP#2, Vol. 1, para. 468, available here 

[30] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 660.

[31] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 663.

[32] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 662.

[33] Schema prepared by the ICSID Secretariat for the purposes of the Consultation Meetings with States.

[34] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 189.

[35] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 33, available here

[36] WP#4, Vol. 1, pp. 45, 137.

[37] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 585.

[38] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 104.

[39] E.g., Indian BITs with Poland, Mexico and Djibouti, see WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 961.

[40] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 961.

[41] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 950.

[42] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 930.

[43] WP#1, Vol. 3, para. 931.

[44] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 114.

[45] WP#2, Vol. 1, para. 752.

[46] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 116.

[47] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 117.

[48] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 118.

[49] WP#1, Vol. 1, paras. 119-121.

[50] WP#1, Vol. 1, para. 122.

[51] Schema prepared by the ICSID Secretariat for the purposes of the Consultation Meetings with States.

[52] WP#4, Vol. 1, p. 37.

[53] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 136, available here  

[54] WP#4, Vol. 1, pp. 58-59.

[55] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 349.

[56] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 348.

[57] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 360.

[58] WP#3, Vol. 1, para. 353.