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ISDS Navigator

The UNCTAD Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator – the ISDS Navigator – is maintained by UNCTAD’s IIA Section. The ISDS Navigator contains information about known international arbitration cases initiated by investors against States pursuant to international investment agreements (IIAs). Such arbitrations are also referred to as treaty-based investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases.

Please cite as: UNCTAD, Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator, available at https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-dispute-settlement

UNCTAD's Work Programme on International Investment Agreements (IIAs) actively assists policymakers, government officials and other IIA stakeholders to reform IIAs with a view to making them more conducive to sustainable development and inclusive growth.

International investment rulemaking is taking place at the bilateral, regional, interregional and multilateral levels. It requires policymakers, negotiators, civil society and other stakeholders to be well informed about foreign direct investment, international investment agreements (IIAs) and their impact on sustainable development.

Main goals of UNCTAD’s Work Programme on IIAs

• Reform the international investment agreements (IIAs) regime to enhance its sustainable development dimension,

• Provide comprehensive analysis on key issues arising from the complexity of the international investment regime,

• Develop a wide range of tools to support the formulation of more balanced international investment policies.

The three pillars of activities

• Research and policy analysis: monitoring trends, identifying key emerging issues and providing cutting-edge knowledge on IIAs from a sustainable development perspective,

• Technical assistance: delivering trainings, seminars and workshops; conducting IIA and model BIT reviews; offering ad-hoc advice to strengthen the capacity of beneficiaries in handling the complexities of the IIA regime,

• Intergovernmental consensus-building: exchanging and sharing best practices and experience with the view to fostering global investment governance.

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Disclaimer

The ISDS Navigator includes information about publicly known IIA-based international investor-State arbitration proceedings. As some proceedings (or certain aspects of proceedings) remain confidential, the information contained in the Navigator cannot be deemed exhaustive.

While every effort is made to keep the information up to date and complete, the material is provided without any guarantees or warranties as to its accuracy or completeness. UNCTAD assumes no responsibility for eventual errors or omissions in these data.

We welcome any additional information or clarifications on specific cases as well as suggestions to improve the Navigator. Please contact us using the online contact form.

Cases included in the Navigator

• an international arbitration between an investor and a State;

• fully or partially based on an IIA, such as a bilateral investment treaty or the investment chapter of a free trade agreement (not included are investor-State disputes that are solely based on contracts or on domestic investment legislation);

• submitted to arbitration through a notice of arbitration or a request for arbitration, and upon registration of such request if applicable (not included are cases where a disputing party has only notified the other party of the existence of a dispute or signalled its intention to submit a claim, but has not yet commenced the arbitration).

Sources of information and frequency of updating

The information included in the Navigator is collected from publicly available sources. Primary sources (i.e. official documents relating to the case and information provided by the administering institutions) are the main and preferred source of information. Secondary sources, such as specialized reporting services and other sources deemed reliable, are used to supplement primary sources and/or obtain case information otherwise unavailable.
The Navigator is updated on a regular, typically biannual, basis. The date of the last update is displayed on the Navigator’s home page.

Methodological notes for the recording of data

Full case name
The full case name is recorded as it appears in the official case documents and as it is registered at the administering institution if applicable (listing the claimants in alphabetical order). If there are more than five claimants in the case, the names of all claimants can be replaced by the name of the first three claimants followed by the words “and others”.

Short case name
The short case name is ascribed by UNCTAD. Typically it is the first word of a corporate claimant’s name, an abbreviation of the corporate claimant’s name, or the last name of a natural-person claimant “v.” the short version of the respondent State’s name.

If the Navigator includes more than one case with the exact same name, then “(I)” is added to the case name of the earlier case, and a “(II)”, “(III)”, etc. is added to the name of each subsequent case.

Year of initiation
This is the year in which the notice of arbitration / request for arbitration was submitted by the claimant. For arbitrations brought under the ICSID Convention Arbitration Rules or ICSID Additional Facilities (AF) Rules, the year in which the claim was registered by ICSID is used.

Applicable IIA
This is the IIA(s) pursuant to which the claimant initiated the arbitral proceedings.

Arbitral rules
These are the arbitral rules in accordance with which the proceedings are conducted. Proceedings that are not subject to any existing set of arbitral rules, i.e. where the arbitral tribunal determines procedural rules, are marked “None (ad hoc)”.

Administering institution
This is the institution that provides administrative support for the arbitral proceedings. When the proceedings are subject to arbitral rules of a certain arbitral institution (e.g. SCC or ICC), the relevant institution administers that case. In ad hoc arbitrations or those that are subject to non-institutional arbitral rules (e.g. UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules), the parties may request any arbitral institution to administer their case (e.g. PCA). Proceedings may also be conducted without being administered by any institution.

Common abbreviations for administering institutions:

• CRCICA: Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
• ICC: International Chamber of Commerce (International Court of Arbitration)
• ICSID: International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• LCIA: London Court of International Arbitration
• MCCI: Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• PCA: Permanent Court of Arbitration
• SCC: Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (Arbitration Institute)

Details of investment and summary of the dispute
The details of investment are presented as argued by the claimant, unless otherwise expressly identified by an arbitral tribunal in its decisions or awards.

The summary of the dispute describes in very general terms the conduct allegedly in breach of IIA obligations as argued by the claimant (non-exhaustive).

Economic sector and subsector
This refers to the economic sector to which the investment at issue allegedly belongs. The structure of economic activities follows the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Rev.4 (UN ISIC Rev.4).

Status/Outcome of original proceedings
This refers to the current status of the original arbitration proceedings.

• Decided in favour of State: the tribunal dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction or found that the respondent State has not committed any breach of the applicable IIA.

• Decided in favour of investor: the tribunal found that the respondent State committed one or more breaches of the applicable IIA and awarded monetary compensation or non-pecuniary relief to the claimant investor.

• Decided in favour of neither party (liability found but no damages awarded): the arbitral tribunal found that the respondent State committed one or more breaches of the applicable IIA but did not award monetary compensation or non-pecuniary relief to the claimant investor.

• Settled: the disputing parties settled the case and the arbitral proceedings were discontinued for that reason.

• Discontinued: the arbitration was discontinued for any reason other than due to a (known) settlement. This includes discontinuance as a result of non-payment of arbitration fees, in order to pursue litigation in another forum, or for any other reason (including for unknown reasons).

• Pending: the arbitration proceedings are pending. A case remains pending if any of the following elements remain to be decided: jurisdiction, liability (merits), compensation. The case remains pending, for instance, if a State is found to have breached one or more IIA obligations (liability) but no award on damages has been issued yet.

Additional notes:

• The Navigator only records treaty-based disputes or treaty-based aspects of "mixed" disputes. In treaty-based cases that are simultaneously contract-based or based on national investment law ("mixed" disputes), a case is deemed concluded (for purposes of the Navigator) if the tribunal dismissed the case on jurisdiction or finds no breach of the IIA, even if it proceeds to adjudicate the contract- or statutory-based claims.

• Cases in which a final award has been rendered but which are later subject to follow-on (post-award) proceedings (e.g. ICSID annulment proceedings or domestic judicial review), are marked according to the outcome of the original arbitral proceeding (i.e. not as “Pending”).

Arbitral decisions rendered
These are decisions rendered by an arbitral tribunal. Included are those decisions that concern the substance of the case and affect the final outcome. In particular, these include decisions (awards) on jurisdictional issues, liability (merits) and damages, including arbitrators’ individual opinions where these were issued. Discontinuance orders and settlement agreements are also recorded if such information is available.

Not included are any other (supplementary) arbitral decisions, e.g. concerning provisional measures or decisions regarding requests for disqualification of arbitrators. Similarly, procedural orders issued by arbitral tribunals are not included. To access a full list of documentation available with respect to a case, users are invited to use (i) the link to the case page on http://italaw.com, and/or (ii) links to the websites of governments and/or arbitral institutions provided in the “Additional information” section.

Amounts claimed and awarded
Amount claimed refers to the amount of monetary compensation claimed by the investor, not including interest, legal costs or costs of arbitration.

Amount awarded refers to the amount of monetary compensation awarded by the arbitral tribunal to the claimant, not including interest, legal costs or costs of arbitration.

For proceedings that end in a settlement, the amount of compensation that the State agreed to pay to the claimant under the terms of settlement (if known) is recorded in this section.

Amounts are recorded in the currency used by the claimant/tribunal. The list of currencies in the Navigator follows the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 4217 code list.

To enable comparisons between cases, all amounts are also converted to US dollars. For the purposes of such conversion, the OANDA Historical Currency Converter is being used; the date of conversion is the date of the document or other source from which the information was obtained (e.g. the date in which the request for arbitration containing this amount was submitted or the date of the final award).

Whenever possible, information about amounts claimed and awarded is obtained from primary sources such as the arbitration documents. Otherwise, it is derived from other publicly available sources that are deemed reliable. In some cases, the approximate amount may be recorded to give a broad indication of the dispute’s magnitude. As a general rule, a rounded figure (to the nearest hundred thousand) of the amount claimed or awarded is provided.

If the claimant provides more than one valuation of damages claimed, the highest of these amounts is recorded.

IIA breaches alleged and found
Information about breaches alleged is primarily derived from the claimant’s request of arbitration, claimant’s memorials and/or arbitral decisions. When the relevant case documentation is not publicly available, information about breaches alleged may be obtained from other public sources that are deemed reliable.

Information about breaches found is primarily derived from the arbitral decisions. When the relevant decision is not publicly available, information about breaches found may be obtained from other public sources that are deemed reliable.

Claims concerning expropriation are classified as “direct” or “indirect” according to the characterisation made by the claimant and/or the tribunal. Whenever a claimant or the tribunal refer to “expropriation”, without distinguishing between “direct” or “indirect”, such distinction is made on the basis of the factual background of the case and the context of the claimant’s claims and tribunal’s findings.

Composition of tribunal
These are individuals who serve as members of the arbitral tribunal adjudicating the dispute (arbitrators).

The disputing party (i.e. claimant or respondent) that appointed a particular arbitrator is also recorded insofar as information is available. Instances where the respondent failed to appoint an arbitrator, and the latter was appointed by an “appointing authority”, are not recorded separately (i.e. both types of appointment are recorded under “Appointed by / designated to Respondent” without further distinction).

In case an arbitrator has been replaced by another individual (e.g. as a result of resignation, disqualification or passing away), the names of both the previous and subsequent arbitrator are recorded.

Follow-on (post-award) proceedings
Follow-on (post-award) proceedings include three types of legal proceedings:

• ICSID annulment proceedings;

• Judicial review by national courts (set-aside proceedings); and

• ICSID resubmission proceedings.

Initiation of a follow-on proceeding by either disputing party does not affect the field “Case Status/Outcome” of the original proceeding, until the follow-on proceeding is completed. For example, in a case where a final award has been rendered but it is later subject to a follow-on proceeding (e.g. ICSID annulment proceeding), the status of the case is marked according to the outcome of the original arbitral proceeding (i.e. not as “Pending”).

Decisions, judgments and/or awards rendered in the course of follow-on (post-award) proceedings, as well as any individual opinions appended to them, are recorded.

The composition of the ICSID ad hoc committees that adjudicate requests for annulment under the ICSID Convention is recorded.

Link to Italaw’s case page
The Italaw.com portal offers a wide collection of case documentation for many investor-State disputes. It makes available not only the main arbitral decisions, but also procedural orders, parties’ submissions, expert opinions and other types of documents.

A link to the relevant case page at http://italaw.com is provided where such page is available, so that users could browse all documents relating to the case at hand.

Additional information
This section provides links to sources of information used for gathering data for the case at hand or otherwise relevant to that case. These may include links to websites of arbitral/administering institutions, governments, international organisations, specialised reporting services (including subscription-based), media and other resources.

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NO.	Year of initiation	Short case name	Full case name	Applicable IIA	Arbitral rules	Administering institution	Summary	Details of investment	Outcome of original proceedings	Respondent State	Home State of investor	Economic sector	Economic subsector	Arbitrators	Amount claimed	Amount awarded (or settled for)	Breaches alleged	Breaches found	Decisions	Individual opinions	Follow-on proceeding type	Follow-on proceeding status	Follow-on decisions	Follow-on individual opinions	ICSID annulment committee members
1	2022	Ozkartallar and Campak v. Pakistan	Ozkartallar Inşaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. and Campak Temizlik Bilgi Işlem Otomasyon Saglik Hizmetleri Iletişim Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/16)	Pakistan - Turkey BIT (1995)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Rights under a contract for waste management services concluded with state-owned Lahore Waste Management Company. Summary:	Rights under a contract for waste management services concluded with state-owned Lahore Waste Management Company.	Settled	Pakistan	Türkiye	Tertiary: E - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	36 - Water collection, treatment and supply	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 13 December 2023	None	None	None	None	None	None
2	2021	Earlyguard v. India	Earlyguard Limited v. India	India - United Kingdom BIT (1994)	Data not available	Data not available	Investment: Summary:		Settled	India	United Kingdom	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	7 - Mining of metal ores	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Data not available	Data not available	None	None	None	None	None
3	2021	Enel v. Costa Rica	Enel Colombia S.A. (formerly ESSA2 SpA) and Enel Green Power Costa Rica S.A. v. Republic of Costa Rica (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/49)	Chile - Costa Rica BIT (1996)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in hydroelectric power plants. Summary:	Investments in hydroelectric power plants.	Settled	Costa Rica	Chile	Tertiary: D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	van den Berg, A. J. - President Eljuri, E. - Claimant Vinuesa, R. E. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order Taking Note of the Discontinuance of the Proceeding dated 25 April 2023 (English) Order Taking Note of the Discontinuance of the Proceeding dated 25 April 2023 (Spanish)	None	None	None	None	None	None
4	2021	KGL v. Egypt	KGL International for Ports, Warehousing, and Transport K.S.C.C. v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/21)	Egypt - Kuwait BIT (2001)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Shareholding of 25 per cent in Damietta International Ports Company (DIPCO) S.A.E., with a concession to build and operate a container terminal at the Damietta port. Summary: Claims arising out of the Damietta Port Authority’s termination of a 40-year concession contract for a port project concluded with the DIPCO consortium in which the claimant holds a stake.	Shareholding of 25 per cent in Damietta International Ports Company (DIPCO) S.A.E., with a concession to build and operate a container terminal at the Damietta port.	Settled	Egypt	Kuwait	Tertiary: H - Transportation and storage	52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation	Gloster, E. - President Alexandrov, S. A. - Claimant Douglas, Z. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 28 April 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
5	2021	Taheri v. United Arab Emirates	Amir Masood Taheri v. United Arab Emirates (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/19)	Sweden - United Arab Emirates BIT (1999)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in companies Epoch and Reezmouj. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s failure to renew the claimant’s permit to reside in the country, affecting his investments in import-export activities and the trading of general commodities.	Investments in companies Epoch and Reezmouj.	Settled	United Arab Emirates	Sweden	Tertiary: G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	46 - Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Fernández-Armesto, J. - President Reichert, K. - Claimant Vinuesa, R. E. - Respondent	110.80 mln USD	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Award embodying the parties’ settlement agreement dated 28 November 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
6	2021	True Blue Development and others v. Grenada	True Blue Development Limited, True Blue Services Limited, True Blue Management Limited, Polar Palms LLC and Circle Park Holdings LLC v. Grenada (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/37)	Grenada - United States of America BIT (1986)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in a luxury hotel complex project, the Kimpton Kawana Bay Resort. Summary: Claims arising out of the government’s actions related to a luxury hotel complex project in which the claimants had invested using a funding mechanism under Grenada’s citizenship by investment programme (CBI). Allegedly the government withdrew its earlier approval of a budget increase for the hotel construction project; it limited the spending of CBI funds and halted the approval of CBI applications by potential project investors.	Investments in a luxury hotel complex project, the Kimpton Kawana Bay Resort.	Settled	Grenada	United States of America	Tertiary: F - Construction Tertiary: I - Accommodation and food service activities	41 - Construction of buildings 55 - Accommodation	Miles, W. J. - President Grigera Naón, H. A. - Claimant Berry, D. S. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Arbitrary, unreasonable and/or discriminatory measures Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims Umbrella clause Most-favoured nation treatment National treatment Indirect expropriation	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 6 September 2023	None	None	None	None	None	None
7	2021	Vicat v. Egypt	Vicat S.A. v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/35)	Egypt - France BIT (1974)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Majority shareholding in Sinaï Cement Company. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s alleged attempts to force the claimant to reduce its majority shareholding in Sinaï Cement Company by blocking Sinaï Cement’s management processes and operations. According to the claimant, Sinaï Cement faced a deadlock due to Government authorities’ interpretation of the legislation on foreign interests in the Sinai region.	Majority shareholding in Sinaï Cement Company.	Settled	Egypt	France	Secondary: C - Manufacturing	23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	Radicati di Brozolo, L. - Claimant Griffith, G. - Respondent Legum, B. - President	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 14 April 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
8	2021	Wang v. Finland	Wang Jiazhu v. Republic of Finland	China - Finland BIT (2004)	UNCITRAL	None	Investment: Investments in the Nordic-China Centre, a wholesale distribution and logistics centre located in Kouvola, through Finnish-incorporated company, Nordic Finland Investment Oy. Summary: Claims arising out of an alleged extensive raid of the claimant's Nordic-China Centre by Finnish Border Guards, the detention of the claimant and the subsequent sale of his real estate. According to the claimant, this resulted in the business collapse of Nordic-China Centre.	Investments in the Nordic-China Centre, a wholesale distribution and logistics centre located in Kouvola, through Finnish-incorporated company, Nordic Finland Investment Oy.	Settled	Finland	China	Tertiary: G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	46 - Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Mance, J. - President Bokhary, S. K. S. - Claimant Hobér, K. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims Full protection and security, or similar Arbitrary, unreasonable and/or discriminatory measures Indirect expropriation	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Ruling on Respondent’s Jurisdictional Objection dated 10 June 2022 Termination Order dated 24 October 2023	None	None	None	None	None	None
9	2020	IBT v. Panama (II)	IBT Group, LLC and IBT, LLC v. Republic of Panama (II) (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/31)	Panama - United States FTA (2007)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in a construction project in Panama through Consorcio Cefere Panamá. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s termination of a contract with the claimants’ local company Consorcio Cefere Panamá for the construction of a women’s prison, and the imposition of a 3-year ban on the claimants to enter into any government contracts.	Investments in a construction project in Panama through Consorcio Cefere Panamá.	Settled	Panama	United States of America	Tertiary: F - Construction	41 - Construction of buildings	Villanúa Gómez, D. - President Tawil, G. S. - Claimant Pinto, M. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 22 July 2022 (Spanish)	None	None	None	None	None	None
10	2020	OTP Bank v. Croatia	OTP Bank Plc v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/43)	Croatia - Hungary BIT (1996)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in the banking industry in Croatia through a local subsidiary. Summary: Claims arising out of the law that prescribed a change in the currency of loans, issued in Croatia, from Swiss Franc to the Euro.	Investments in the banking industry in Croatia through a local subsidiary.	Settled	Croatia	Hungary	Tertiary: K - Financial and insurance activities	64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	Data not available	224.00 mln HRK (34.50 mln USD)	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order Taking Note of the Discontinuance of the Proceeding dated 16 July 2021	None	None	None	None	None	None
11	2020	Winshear v. Tanzania	Winshear Gold Corp. v. United Republic of Tanzania (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/25)	Canada - United Republic of Tanzania BIT (2013)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Four retention licences held by a local subsidiary for the exploration of mineral resources at the SMP gold project in southwest Tanzania. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s cancellation of retention licences for mineral rights issued prior to the 2018 mining regulations, following amendments to the Mining Act in 2017, and the transfer of related mining rights to the government, including those held by the claimant’s local subsidiary for the SMP gold project.	Four retention licences held by a local subsidiary for the exploration of mineral resources at the SMP gold project in southwest Tanzania.	Settled	Tanzania, United Republic of	Canada	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	7 - Mining of metal ores	Kaufmann-Kohler, G. - President Johnson, O. T. - Claimant Fashole-Luke II, E. W. - Respondent	116.10 mln CAD (83.80 mln USD)	30.00 mln USD	Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims Direct expropriation	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 1 November 2023	None	None	None	None	None	None
12	2019	Enel Fortuna v. Panama	Enel Fortuna S.A. v. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/5)	Italy - Panama BIT (2009)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in the operation of a 300 megawatt hydroelectric power plant located on the Chiriquí River, in southwestern Panama. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s delay in the construction of electricity transmission infrastructure and the suspension of compensation payments due to the claimant under a 2014 agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, related to local court proceedings brought by the national comptroller general contesting the constitutionality of the compensation agreement.	Investments in the operation of a 300 megawatt hydroelectric power plant located on the Chiriquí River, in southwestern Panama.	Settled	Panama	Panama	Tertiary: D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	Fernández-Armesto, J. - President Gonzalez de Cossio, F. - Claimant Griffith, G. - Respondent	11.00 mln EUR (12.50 mln USD)	15.50 mln USD	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Award dated 18 August 2021	None	None	None	None	None	None
13	2019	Gerald v. Sierra Leone	Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31)	Sierra Leone - United Kingdom BIT (2000)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Rights held by local subsidiary SL Mining Limited under a 25-year large scale licence agreement to mine iron ore in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. Summary: Claims arising out of the government’s decision in 2019 to indefinitely suspend iron ore exports from the Marampa mine operated by the claimant’s local subsidiary SL Mining under a long-term mining licence awarded to it in 2017.	Rights held by local subsidiary SL Mining Limited under a 25-year large scale licence agreement to mine iron ore in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone.	Settled	Sierra Leone	United Kingdom	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	7 - Mining of metal ores	Reinisch, A. - President Tawil, G. S. - Claimant Adekoya, O. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 28 January 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
14	2019	Impresa Pizzarotti v. Morocco	Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. v. Kingdom of Morocco (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/14)	Italy - Morocco BIT (1990)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investments in the construction of a road tunnel in Rabat as part of a joint venture (Pizzarotti & Alpi De Co). Summary: Claims arising out of a Government agency’s alleged failure to pay the claimant the full amounts for the completed construction of the Oudayas tunnel in 2011 and to compensate the claimant for undue penalties imposed for construction delays. According to the claimant, the project time and costs increased due to the agency’s misrepresentation of the project during the international tender process.	Investments in the construction of a road tunnel in Rabat as part of a joint venture (Pizzarotti & Alpi De Co).	Settled	Morocco	Italy	Tertiary: F - Construction	42 - Civil engineering	Rosell, J. - President Brower, C. N. - Claimant Heiskanen, V. - Respondent	50.00 mln EUR (55.80 mln USD)	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 17 May 2021	None	None	None	None	None	None
15	2019	Petroceltic v. Egypt	Petroceltic Holdings Limited and Petroceltic Resources Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/7)	Egypt - United Kingdom BIT (1975)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Hydrocarbon concessions for the onshore Nile Delta, operated through the Mansoura Petroleum Company, a joint venture with the Egyptian Government. Summary: Claims arising out of the alleged failure of the Egyptian General Petroleum Company, a state-owned company, to pay debts owed to the claimants under gas sales agreements.	Hydrocarbon concessions for the onshore Nile Delta, operated through the Mansoura Petroleum Company, a joint venture with the Egyptian Government.	Settled	Egypt	United Kingdom	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	6 - Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	Binnie, I. - President Poncet, C. - Claimant Stern, B. - Respondent	30.00 mln USD	Data not available	Fair and equitable treatment/Minimum standard of treatment, including denial of justice claims Arbitrary, unreasonable and/or discriminatory measures Umbrella clause	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 15 September 2020	None	None	None	None	None	None
16	2019	Sumrain v. Kuwait	Alaa Nizar Raja Sumrain, Ayat Nizar Raja Sumrain, Eshraka Nizar Raja Sumrain and Mohamed Nizar Raja Sumrain v. State of Kuwait (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/20)	Egypt - Kuwait BIT (2001)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Summary:		Settled	Kuwait	Egypt	Tertiary: F - Construction	41 - Construction of buildings	Douglas, Z. - President Pierola Castro, N. F. - Claimant Veeder, V. V. - Respondent (replaced) Wordsworth, S. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Decision on Bifurcation dated 1 February 2021 Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 11 February 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
17	2018	Emerge Gaming and Tantalum International v. Egypt	Emerge Gaming Ltd. and Tantalum International Ltd. v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/22)	Australia - Egypt BIT (2001)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: 50% shareholding in Tantalum Egypt JSC, an Egyptian company that held the mining rights to the Abu Dabbab mine. Summary: Claims arising out of the Egyptian authorities’ allegedly illegal measures to gain control of the claimants’ licences for the exploitation of a tantalum and tin mine.	50% shareholding in Tantalum Egypt JSC, an Egyptian company that held the mining rights to the Abu Dabbab mine.	Settled	Egypt	Australia	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	7 - Mining of metal ores	Comair-Obeid, N. - President Smith, G. - Claimant Cremades, B. M. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order of the tribunal taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding dated 12 October 2021	None	None	None	None	None	None
18	2018	Ersoy v. Azerbaijan	Cem Selçuk Ersoy v. Republic of Azerbaijan (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/6)	Azerbaijan - Turkey BIT (1994)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Ownership of a locally-incorporated company that held contracts for the construction of two water and sewage collector tunnels in Baku. Summary: Claims arising out of Azerbaijani water and tax authorities’ alleged unfair treatment and indirect expropriation of the claimant’s investment in a tunnel construction project.	Ownership of a locally-incorporated company that held contracts for the construction of two water and sewage collector tunnels in Baku.	Settled	Azerbaijan	Türkiye	Tertiary: F - Construction	42 - Civil engineering	Shore, L. - President Zuleta, E. - President (replaced) Petrochilos, G. - Claimant Kalicki, J. E. - Respondent	60.00 mln USD	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 2 March 2020	None	None	None	None	None	None
19	2018	Gazprom v. Ukraine	PJSC Gazprom v. Ukraine (PCA Case No. 2019-10)	Russian Federation - Ukraine BIT (1998)	UNCITRAL	PCA	Investment: Shareholdings in JSC Gaztranzit, PJSC Yuzhniigiprogaz Institute, LLC Gazprom sbyt Ukraine, and LLC International Consortium for the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Management and Development. Summary: Claims arising out of a multi-billion dollar fine imposed on the claimant by Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee in 2016 for violation of competition laws. Allegedly, subsequent enforcement actions included the forced sale of the claimant’s shares in a company.	Shareholdings in JSC Gaztranzit, PJSC Yuzhniigiprogaz Institute, LLC Gazprom sbyt Ukraine, and LLC International Consortium for the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Management and Development.	Settled	Ukraine	Russian Federation	Tertiary: D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	Mayer, P. - President Beechey, J. - Claimant Stern, B. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order terminating the arbitration dated 17 February 2020	None	None	None	None	None	None
20	2018	HOCHTIEF v. Saudi Arabia	HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/14)	Germany - Saudi Arabia BIT (1996)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: 55% shareholding in a joint venture that had been granted a contract to redesign, upgrade and expand two terminals at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s cancellation of a contract to expand the airport in Riyadh, and the subsequent reassignment of the project to a different joint venture.	55% shareholding in a joint venture that had been granted a contract to redesign, upgrade and expand two terminals at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh.	Settled	Saudi Arabia	Germany	Tertiary: F - Construction	41 - Construction of buildings	Name not available - President Alexandrov, S. A. - Claimant Douglas, Z. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 22 August 2019	None	None	None	None	None	None
21	2018	The Carlyle Group and others v. Morocco	Carlyle Commodity Management L.L.C., Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C., Celadon Commodities Fund LP and others v. Kingdom of Morocco (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/29)	Morocco - United States FTA (2004)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s alleged seizure of petroleum products stored at the oil refinery Société Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage (SAMIR), including oil owned by the claimants. The Government halted production at the plant and placed it under judicial liquidation controlled by trustees, allegedly due to the refinery’s financial difficulties and tax debt.		Settled	Morocco	United States of America	Secondary: C - Manufacturing	19 - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	Grigera Naón, H. A. - Claimant Wordsworth, S. - Respondent Fernández-Armesto, J. - President	400.00 mln USD	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 14 September 2022	None	None	None	None	None	None
22	2018	VIP Kyrgyzstan and Menacrest v. Kyrgyzstan	VIP Kyrgyzstan Holding AG and Menacrest AG v. Kyrgyz Republic (PCA Case No. 2019-29)	Kyrgyzstan - Switzerland BIT (1999)	UNCITRAL	PCA	Investment: Majority shareholding (50.1%) in Sky Mobile LLC, a local mobile network operator. Summary:	Majority shareholding (50.1%) in Sky Mobile LLC, a local mobile network operator.	Settled	Kyrgyzstan	Switzerland	Tertiary: J - Information and communication	61 - Telecommunications	Beechey, J. - President Lew, J. D. M. - Claimant Griffith, G. - Respondent	73.80 mln USD	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order Terminating the Proceedings dated 12 November 2021	None	None	None	None	None	None
23	2017	Agrium v. Egypt	Agrium, Inc. v. Arab Republic of Egypt	Canada - Egypt BIT (1996)	Data not available	PCA	Investment: Shareholding of 26% in Misr Fertilizers Production Company S.A.E. (MOPCO), a nitrogen producer based in Egypt. Summary:	Shareholding of 26% in Misr Fertilizers Production Company S.A.E. (MOPCO), a nitrogen producer based in Egypt.	Settled	Egypt	Canada	Secondary: C - Manufacturing	20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Data not available	Data not available	None	None	None	None	None
24	2017	APCL v. Gambia	APCL Gambia B.V. v. Republic of The Gambia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/40)	Gambia - Netherlands BIT (2002)	ICSID	ICSID	Investment: Investment of the alleged USD 64 million in the exploration of oil in the licensed areas. Summary: Claims arising out of the alleged wrongful termination by the Government of licences for exploration of two off-shore oil blocks.	Investment of the alleged USD 64 million in the exploration of oil in the licensed areas.	Settled	Gambia	Netherlands	Primary: B - Mining and quarrying	9 - Mining support service activities	Name not available - President Poncet, C. - Claimant Banifatemi, Y. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Order taking note of the discontinuance of the proceeding pursuant to ICSID Arbitration Rule 43(1) dated 7 June 2018	None	None	None	None	None	None
25	2017	ConocoPhillips and Perenco v. Viet Nam	ConocoPhillips and Perenco v. Viet Nam	United Kingdom - Viet Nam BIT (2002)	UNCITRAL	Data not available	Investment: Acquisition of UK companies that operated an oil business in Viet Nam. Summary: Claims arising out of the Government’s intended imposition of a USD 179 million capital gains tax in respect of the 2012 transaction whereby the first claimant (Conoco) sold its business in Viet Nam (held by UK companies) to the second claimant (Perenco).	Acquisition of UK companies that operated an oil business in Viet Nam.	Settled	Viet Nam	United Kingdom	Data not available	Data not available	Bull, C. - President Pryles, M. C. - Claimant Thomas, J. C. - Respondent	Data not available	Data not available	Data not available	Not applicable - settled or discontinued before decision on liability	Data not available	Data not available	None	None	None	None	None

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No.	Name	Cases as Respondent State	Cases as Home State of claimant
1	Albania	13	1
2	Algeria	13	1
3	Argentina	65	5
4	Armenia	6	0
5	Australia	4	9
6	Austria	1	32
7	Azerbaijan	7	1
8	Bahamas	0	2
9	Bahrain	4	1
10	Bangladesh	1	0
11	Barbados	1	7
12	Belarus	4	2
13	Belgium	3	20
14	Belize	4	0
15	Benin	1	0
16	Bermuda	0	1
17	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	19	1
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0
19	British Virgin Islands	0	1
20	Bulgaria	12	2
21	Burundi	4	0
22	Cabo Verde	1	0
23	Cambodia	1	0
24	Cameroon	3	0
25	Canada	34	68
26	Chile	7	9
27	China	9	19
28	Colombia	23	4
29	Congo	3	0
30	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4	0
31	Costa Rica	14	2
32	Croatia	19	3
33	Cuba	1	0
34	Cyprus	5	36
35	Czechia	42	7
36	Denmark	2	9
37	Dominican Republic	11	2
38	Ecuador	29	0
39	Egypt	46	7
40	El Salvador	4	0
41	Equatorial Guinea	2	0
42	Estonia	5	3
43	Ethiopia	5	0
44	European Union	2	0
45	Finland	1	3
46	France	3	67
47	Gabon	3	0
48	Gambia	2	0
49	Georgia	18	1
50	Germany	7	84
51	Ghana	3	0
52	Gibraltar	0	2
53	Greece	5	15
54	Grenada	2	0
55	Guatemala	9	1
56	Guyana	1	0
57	Honduras	7	0
58	Hong Kong, China SAR	0	2
59	Hungary	17	3
60	India	28	12
61	Indonesia	7	0
62	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1	6
63	Iraq	6	0
64	Ireland	0	2
65	Israel	0	8
66	Italy	14	51
67	Jamaica	0	1
68	Japan	1	6
69	Jordan	10	9
70	Kazakhstan	19	7
71	Kenya	1	0
72	Korea, Republic of	10	8
73	Kuwait	7	9
74	Kyrgyzstan	18	0
75	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4	0
76	Latvia	10	5
77	Lebanon	5	6
78	Lesotho	2	0
79	Libya	22	1
80	Liechtenstein	0	1
81	Lithuania	8	8
82	Luxembourg	0	45
83	Macao, China SAR	0	1
84	Madagascar	4	0
85	Malaysia	3	9
86	Malta	1	4
87	Mauritius	4	15
88	Mexico	52	7
89	Moldova, Republic of	13	1
90	Mongolia	6	0
91	Montenegro	6	0
92	Morocco	9	0
93	Mozambique	3	0
94	Myanmar	2	0
95	Nepal	1	0
96	Netherlands	3	132
97	Nicaragua	3	0
98	Nigeria	5	0
99	North Macedonia	11	0
100	Norway	3	5
101	Oman	4	2
102	Pakistan	12	0
103	Panama	20	10
104	Papua New Guinea	1	0
105	Paraguay	3	0
106	Peru	34	5
107	Philippines	7	0
108	Poland	37	8
109	Portugal	1	8
110	Qatar	2	9
111	Romania	26	1
112	Russian Federation	28	26
113	Rwanda	1	0
114	Saudi Arabia	11	5
115	Senegal	6	0
116	Serbia	15	0
117	Seychelles	0	2
118	Sierra Leone	1	0
119	Singapore	0	12
120	Slovakia	14	1
121	Slovenia	6	3
122	South Africa	1	3
123	Spain	56	73
124	Sri Lanka	5	0
125	Sudan	2	0
126	Sweden	1	12
127	Switzerland	1	51
128	Syrian Arab Republic	2	0
129	Tajikistan	2	0
130	Tanzania, United Republic of	13	0
131	Thailand	2	0
132	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0
133	Tunisia	3	1
134	Türkiye	18	49
135	Turkmenistan	16	0
136	Uganda	1	0
137	Ukraine	31	17
138	United Arab Emirates	6	12
139	United Kingdom	1	109
140	United States of America	24	232
141	Uruguay	5	1
142	Uzbekistan	9	1
143	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	64	3
144	Viet Nam	13	0
145	Yemen	3	0
146	Zimbabwe	3	0

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