Sustainability and Communities
Investment, development, environmental governance and the communities affected by them.
Law and Arbitration
Explore the rules, cases, procedures and evolving practice that shape international investment law and Investment arbitration.
Featured Series in Law and Arbitration
ISDS Explained
Law and arbitration presents clear explanations of the concepts, institutions, rules and procedures that underpin investor–State dispute settlement.
Inside The System
A closer look at how investment arbitration works in practice, from the constitution of the tribunals and jurisdictional questions, to procedure, evidence, hearings and enforcement.
Case Files
Focused analysis of investment disputes, arbitral decisions and cases that illustrate how international investment law operates in practice.
Treaties & Rules
Examination of the treaties, conventions, arbitration rules and legal instruments that structure international investment disputes.
International Investment Law
Explore international investment law from foundational concepts and theories to investment standards, investor protections, State Obligations and the legal principles shaping it.
Reform & Evolution
Analysis of developments reshaping international investment law and ISDS, including procedural, institutional and treaty reform.
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What is ISDS?
Understand the basic architecture of Investor State Dispute Settlement.
How does an investment arbitration work?
Follow a dispute from Commencement through proceedings to award and enforcement.
Key Arbitration Terms
A practical Glossary of the Terminology Used Throughout investment arbitration.
Explore International Investment Law
Go beyond the mechanics of arbitration and explore the legal principles, concepts and theories that shape international investment regime
What is International Investment Law?
An introduction to the field, its purpose, sources and development.
Rules and Concepts in Investment Protection
Fundamental Rules and Concepts that Investors and States bring up in investment governance and investment dispute resolution processes..
Key International Investment Law Terms
Understand the basic architecture of Investor State Dispute Settlement.
Case Files
Explore Investment Disputes through the facts, legal questions, reasoning and outcomes that have shaped international investment law and arbitration
Cortec Mining v Kenya
Mining Reform | Regulatory Authority | Indirect Expropriation
Biwater Gauff v Tanzania
Water Sector Reform | Regulatory Authority | Indirect Expropriation
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v Peru
Community Opposition | Social Licence | Investor Protection
Total E & P Uganda BV v Uganda
Oil & Gas Regulation | Environmental Regulation | Regulatory Authority
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Explore related research across international investment law, sustainability, communities, and investment governance.
INVESTMENT GOVERNANCE
The institutions, policies and regulatory frameworks that shape investment.
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.