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PCA Peace Palace Centenary 11 October 2013
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• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, as revised in 2010
• UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration 2013
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UNCITRAL RULES (1976)
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• Designed to be principally ad hoc (non-institutional)
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UNCITRAL RULES (1976)
• Still need third party to break certain impasses when parties cannot agree (“appointing authority”)
• Asked PCA to fulfill role of selecting appointing authority instead of creating new UN body for this purpose
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UNCITRAL RULES (1976)
• Constitution of tribunal• Challenges for lack of independence and impartiality• Supervision of tribunal fees and expenses
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Appointing Authority Requests
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Growth in PCA Caseload since 1900
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UNCITRAL RULES (2010)
• Simplified procedure – no longer waiting for deadlock to occur
• Greater discretion accorded to appointing authority
• Stronger supervision of tribunal fees and expenses
• Default role of SG-PCA in certain cases
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• More common in inter-State than investor-State proceedings
TRANSPARENCY
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UNCITRAL Rules Article 25(4):
UNCITRAL Rules Article 32(5):
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UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration (2013):
•Application to future treaties by default or to existing treaties by agreement
•Inclusion in UNCITRAL Rules
•Publication of case documents
•Open hearings
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UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration (2013):
•Submissions by third persons
•Submissions by non-disputing parties to the treaty
•Repository – UNCITRAL or PCA
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Thank you!