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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

UNCITRAL

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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

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TRANSPARENCY

UNCITRAL Rules Article 25(4):

UNCITRAL Rules Article 32(5):

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TRANSPARENCY

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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TRANSPARENCY

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!