The future of investment arbitration in the light of Opinion 1/17
1. Introduction Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is constantly gaining ground, both at domestic and international level. New forms of dispute settlement with a mix of public and private components are emerging in fields where this was not the case until recent times, as some contributions to this Zoom-out have attempted to demonstrate.[1] In the field...
The provisional application of CETA: Selected issues
1. Introduction The application of international treaties on a provisional basis is a common practice in international law. It is governed by Article 25 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), according to which it may extend to a treaty as a whole, or to parts of it, as agreed by the...
