Keywords
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Court rules
State Counterclaims
Jurisdictional Requirements
ICSID Convention
International Investment Agreements
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Abstract
Investor-State forums, particularly ICSID, permit and encourage State counterclaims. Yet State counterclaims in investor-State disputes always fail. This article surveys State counterclaims in investor-State disputes in an attempt to understand why they always fail. The article first examines jurisdictional requirements for State counterclaims. Subsequently, the article summarizes and aggregates tribunals' interpretations of these requirements, extracting a rough representation of counterclaim treatment. Cumulative information suggests that the repeated failures might be explained in part by narrow interpretations of counterclaim jurisdictional requirements. As well, lack of substantive protections for States in bilateral investment treaties, free trade agreements and other international investment agreements (IIAs) appears to exacerbate the problem. Finally, the article suggests that concerned States include substantive protections for States in their IIAs.
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