Importing Consent to ICSID Arbitration? A Critical Appraisal of Garanti Koza v. Turkmenistan

5(2) Investment Treaty News (2014), pp. 12-15

Leiden Law School Research Paper

Grotius Working Paper No. 2014/025-PIL

8 Pages Posted: 10 Jun 2014

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Eric De Brabandere

Leiden University - Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies

Date Written: June 10, 2014

Abstract

The application of the Most-favoured-nation (MFN) clause to investor-State dispute settlement provisions remains both an unsettled question in investment treaty arbitration, and a controversial one. Legally, this is in part the consequence of the fact that bilateral investment treaties (BITs) invariably use different language making it necessary to interpret the applicable treaty on a case-by case basis. A difficulty also results from the fact that the MFN clause touches upon a fundamental principle of international dispute settlement, namely the consent of States, and the diverging views of arbitral tribunals on the essential features of expressing consent to arbitration. This brief article provides a critical examination of the Tribunal’s decision in Garanti Koza LLP v. Turkmenistan, where the majority took a particularly expansive reading of the MFN clause in the United Kingdom-Turkmenistan BIT.

Keywords: investment law, arbitration, consent, MFN

Suggested Citation

De Brabandere, Eric, Importing Consent to ICSID Arbitration? A Critical Appraisal of Garanti Koza v. Turkmenistan (June 10, 2014). 5(2) Investment Treaty News (2014), pp. 12-15, Leiden Law School Research Paper, Grotius Working Paper No. 2014/025-PIL, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2448365

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