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Pre-arbitral Governance
Pre-arbitral processes under investment governance demonstrate events before the investment disputes.
Investment and Governance
A closer look at how governments regulate and manage investment through policy, law, institutions, and regulatory frameworks.
Reform and Evolution
An examination of reforms in regulatory frameworks and institutional practices shaping how investment is regulated, facilitated and held accountable.
Governance In Practice
Investment Regulation
Legal and regulatory frameworks governing how investment is admitted, regulated and monitored.
Institutions & Regulatory Authority
Public institutions and regulatory authorities that shape, implement and oversee investment governance.
Investment Facilitation & Accountability
Mechanisms for facilitating investment while maintaining transparency, oversight and public accountability.
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SUSTAINABILITY AND communities
Investment, development, environmental governance and the communities affected by them.
Other Resources
Investment Arbitration & Case Databases:
ICSID Case Database : For searchable registered-case database, pending and concluded cases, caseload statistics and tables of decisions.
PCA Cases — Permanent Court of Arbitration administers investor–State arbitrations arising under bilateral/multilateral investment treaties and national investment laws, as well as State contracts.
UNCITRAL ISDS — Useful for treaty-based ISDS materials, Working Group III reform, transparency rules, codes of conduct and the 2025 dispute-prevention/mitigation toolkit.
UNCTAD ISDS Navigator : Complementary database for treaty-based ISDS cases.
ITALAW : Useful for awards, decisions, pleadings and other investment-arbitration materials.
Jus Mundi: Useful for case-law and treaty research, particularly where readers want to search across awards and related materials.
Arbitration Rules & Primary Instruments
ICSID Convention, Arbitration Rules & Additional Facility Rules
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration : Useful for explaining the relationship between arbitration and national court systems.
New York Convention : recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. (UNCITRAL describes it as a cornerstone of the international arbitration system).
UNCITRAL Transparency Rules / Mauritius Convention
ICC Arbitration Rules : 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules are now available.