UNIS/L/361
8 July 2024
VIENNA, 8 July 2024 (UN Information Service) – More than 200 representatives of States and international organizations finalized another major reform in investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) at the 57th session of the UN Commission on International Trade Law, currently being held in New York.
During the second week of the annual session, the Commission adopted in principle the statute that will form the basis for the establishment of an advisory centre on international investment dispute resolution (the “Centre”). Once established and operational, the Centre is expected to provide crucial legal services in the field of ISDS including training and representation support with the aim of enhancing the capacity of States to prevent and handle international investment disputes, especially least developed countries and developing countries. Further preparatory work will be conducted in the coming months to operationalize the Centre, with the Commission closely monitoring the progress.
The draft statute was prepared by Working Group III of the Commission, which was mandated to carry out ISDS reform in 2017. The first set of ISDS reform elements were adopted at the last year’s Commission session (see UNIS/L/344)
Additional information can be found on the UNCITRAL website: uncitral.un.org.
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