International Arbitration in the Adjudication System of a State Party to the European Convention on Human Rights

Smirnova, Inna

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Inna Smirnova²

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Abstract

International arbitration is considered to be a more attractive alternative to governmental courts due to such arguable advantages as neutrality and special expertise of arbiters, procedural flexibility, speed of proceedings, and confidentiality of dispute resolution. Some of those features are also the reason to criticise international arbitration, and investor-State arbitration in particular, for the alleged disregard of the human rights protection. Due to that critique some suggest reverting to national and supra-national (like the ECHR) adjudication systems, but international arbitration might still have a better potential to answer the requirements of the current times.

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Notes

1.
Born (2016), p. 14.
2.
Born (2016), p. 2.
3.
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”).
4.
Born (2016), pp. 16–17.
5.
Lew et al. (2003), p. 71.
6.
Born (2014), p. 214, with further references.
7.
Born (2014), p. 214.
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Born (2014), p. 215.
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Born (2014), p. 215.
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Lew et al. (2003), p. 75.
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Lew et al. (2003), p. 75.
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Lew et al. (2003), p. 75.
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Lew et al. (2003), pp. 79–80.
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Lew et al. (2003), pp. 81–82.
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Lew et al. (2003), pp. 81–82.
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Lew et al. (2003), pp. 81–82.
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Lew et al. (2003), pp. 81–82.
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Born (2016), p. 7.
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Born (2016), p. 8.
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Born (2016), p. 8.
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Born (2016), pp. 10–11.
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Born (2016), p. 11.
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Born (2016), pp. 11–12.
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Born (2016), pp. 11–12.
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Born (2016), p. 26.
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Examples of regional arbitral institutions: London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”, located in Paris), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (“PCA”, located in the Hague), Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”), Vienna International Arbitration Centre (“VIAC”), Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (“KLRCA”), etc. Industry-specific arbitral institutions: Court of Arbitration of Sports (“CAS”), London Maritime Arbitration Association, etc.
27.
Born (2016), p. 26.
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Born (2016), p. 26.
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UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1976 (original version), revised in 2010 and 2013 (either version may be chosen by the parties to an arbitration case).
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International Bar Association’s (“IBA”) Rules and Guidelines.
31.
Born (2016), p. 13.
32.
Born (2016), p. 8.
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New York Convention currently has 159 parties.
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Other examples of international treaties on international arbitration are the Inter-American Convention on Commercial Arbitration (“the Panama Convention”) of 1975; the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of 1961.
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UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration Law 1985 (as amended in 2006).
36.
Born (2016), p. 9.
37.
Born (2016), p. 9.
38.
Born (2016), p. 10.
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New York Convention Guide.
40.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018).
41.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 66–67.
42.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 91–94 with further references.
43.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 91–94.
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Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 91–94.
45.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 91–94.
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Mutu and Pechstein (2018), §§ 113–114.
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Mutu and Pechstein (2018), § 115.
48.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), § 119.
49.
Mutu and Pechstein (2018), § 120.
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Court of Arbitration for Sport, established in 1984 and having its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
51.
Voser and Gottlieb (2018).
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International investment agreements’ navigator of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (“UNCTAD”).
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North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Energy Charter Treaty.
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ICSID Convention.
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Investment dispute settlement navigator of the UNCTAD.
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Investment dispute settlement navigator of the UNCTAD.
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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IIA Issues Note: Recent Developments in the International Investment Regime.
60.
World Investment Report, UNCTAD (2018).
61.
Explanatory report, PACE (2017).
62.
Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, Investment & Human Rights Project.
63.
Brekoulakis et al. (2016), p. 10, §1.23 with further references.
64.
Edwards (2016), p. 13.
65.
Romo (2018).
66.
Edwards (2016), p. 13.
67.
Edwards (2016), p. 13.
68.
OHCHR (2015).
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UNCTAD’s Roadmap for IIA Reform.
70.
IIA Issues Note: Recent Developments in the International Investment Regime.
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IIA Issues Note: Recent Developments in the International Investment Regime.
72.
Achmea (2018).
73.
As cited in Balthasar (2018), p. 228.
74.
Balthasar (2018), p. 227.
75.
Balthasar (2018), p. 229.
76.
Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (European Parliament).
77.
Balthasar (2018), p. 230.
78.
Balthasar (2018), p. 229.
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PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Omtzigt, P., Explanatory report (2017).
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PACE’s Resolution 2151 (2017).
81.
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Omtzigt, P., Explanatory report (2017).
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PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Omtzigt, P., Explanatory report (2017).
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PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Omtzigt, P., Explanatory report (2017).
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Balthasar (2018), pp. 230–231.
85.
Dupuy et al. (2009), p. 219.
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Stran Greek Refineries (1994).
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Stran Greek Refineries (1994), § 49.
88.
Stran Greek Refineries (1994), §§ 61–62.
89.
Stran Greek Refineries (1994), § 74.
90.
Born (2016), p. 14.

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Smirnova, I. (2019). International Arbitration in the Adjudication System of a State Party to the European Convention on Human Rights. In: Pinto de Albuquerque, P., Wojtyczek, K. (eds) Judicial Power in a Globalized World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20744-1_36

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