International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution, Second Edition was published April 2, 2020 by Oxford University Press, 2020. The authors are Noah D. Rubins, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France; Thomas N. Papanastasiou, Assistant Professor in Law, Neapolis University, Cyprus; and N. Stephan Kinsella, attorney, Houston, Texas. A third edition is planned for publication in 2026.
This page contains errata, supplementary, and other material related to the book, including a regularly updated, hyperlinked, and supplemented version of some resources listed in “Appendix III: Online Resources.”
At present, the content of this page reflects supplemental material for the 2005 edition, International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford University Press, 2005), by Rubins and Kinsella, and will be updated presently.
- Second Edition of International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution (Oxford University Press, April 2 2020)
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- Predecessor volume: Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk, N. Stephan Kinsella & Paul E. Comeaux (Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, 1997)
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[the following material is based on the 2005 First Edition of IIPR; it will be updated presently]
APPENDIX XVII: ONLINE RESOURCES
Pertaining to International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution
The following is a list of links to various institutions, websites, services, and other resources pertaining to topics discussed throughout the text of International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution. They are grouped below according to the subject matter of a particular chapter, or under the general section if the link or information is of general applicability or applies to multiple chapters (some links are repeated for convenience).
GENERAL INFORMATION
Links, Bibliographies & General
- Trans-Lex.org (a comprehensive codification- and research platform for transnational business
law; works like google; access is free) - Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
- Transnational Law Database (TLDB)
- Bibliography on New Aspects of International Investment Law
- European Journal of International Law—International Law Links (International Law-Related Websites)
- Research Guide to International Law on the Internet (Massimo Magagni, University of Bologna) (wide range of selected and annotated international law links)
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law (comprehensive international law guide, continuously updated and expanded)
- OGEL (Oil-gas-energy law)—the Global Energy Law Portal
- Europa/Eur-Lex (Portal to European law)
- Thomas: US Legislation & Bills
International Investment
- OECD, Checklist for Foreign Direct Investment Incentives 2003 (a guide for policy makers on the liberalization of their home economy in order to attract further investment)
- Glossary of Foreign Direct Investment Terms
- OECD Working Papers on International Investment
- Investment Claims (links to foreign investment law instruments and jurisprudence)
- OGEL (Oil-gas-energy law)—the Global Energy Law Portal
- UNCTAD, Foreign Direct Investment database (statistics on foreign direct investment (FDI), with an interactive database for the aggregate figures and an electronic publication with the detailed information by country; the FDI database presents aggregate inflows, outflows, inward stocks and outward stocks of FDI for 196 reporting economies in an interactive format. Free access to the FDI database is available after filing in an automatic registration form)
- UNCTAD, World Investment Report (2004)
International Trade
- WTO & GATT
- SICE: Foreign Trade Information System (the “Foreign Trade Information System” (SICE for short from its Spanish acronym—Sistema de Información al Comercio Exterior)—the information technology arm of the Trade Unit of the Organization of American States (OAS). Provides information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere).
- UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
- UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
- Office of the United States Trade Representative (US trade agreements and other documents)
Cases/Decisions
- ICJ cases
- PCIJ cases
- European Court of Humans Rights cases
- Project on International Courts and Tribunal (PICT) (a joint undertaking of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University, and the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, University College London; contains information on, and links to, all existing international courts and tribunals. News archive updated daily.)
- Investment Treaty Arbitration (access to all publicly available investment treaty awards; information and resources relating to investment treaties and investment treaty arbitration; and links to further resources)
- Investment Claims (links to foreign investment law instruments and jurisprudence)
- US Supreme Court Cases
Treaties
(See also resources under the Chapter 6-7 heading, below)
- Bilaterals.org (information about bilateral trade and investment agreements)
- Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University) (online access to a vast number of multilateral conventions and other international instruments, including texts of many global or regional treaties)
- Multilateral Conventions: An Overview and Those Currently Enforced (publicadministration.net)
- Office of the United States Trade Representative (US trade ageements and other documents)
- Europa, Eur-Lex (Portal to European law)
UN Resolutions & International Organizations
- Charter of the United Nations (1945)
- ICSID Convention (Washington Convention) (1965)
- UN General Assembly Resolutions
- WTO & GATT
- UNCITRAL
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); also: NAFTAClaims.com (a.k.a. NAFTALaw.org) (information about NAFTA investor-state dispute settlement and copies of recent NAFTA legal documents)
Publications/Journals Online
- European Journal of International Law
- CEPMLP Journal
- OGEL (Oil-gas-energy law)—the Global Energy Law Portal
INFORMATION BY CHAPTER
Chapter 1: Political Risk
Political Risk and Related Services
- The Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Risk Service and Country Reports
- The PRS Group
- Control Risks Group
- Global Risk Assessments, Inc.
- Business Environment Risk Intelligence
- Country Risk ratings in the Euler Hermes Economic Outlook publication, which can be subscribed to for (free).
Other Information
- Export.gov (U.S. Dept. Commerce and other departments provide information on export promotion programs, regional market information, and international trade agreements)
- BISNIS (Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States)
Chapter 2: Structuring Transactions to Minimize Political Risk
- UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
- United Nations Convention On Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) (CISG)
- ICSID model clauses
Chapter 3: Investment Insurance
- Contact information for various national and other political risk insurers, including OPIC and MIGA, is contained in Appendix IX and available at the Berne Union’s list of members. Requests for information concerning private political risk insurance may be made through commercial insurance agents.
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)www.miga.org (political risk insurance)
- MIGA Deal Structures
- MIGA, Annual Report 2004
- Australia: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC)
- Belgium, ONDD: The Belgian Export Credit Agency (political risk insurance); Its subsidiary NV Delcredere (in Dutch) or Ducroire SA (in French) (insures Short Term Export Credit Insurance).
- Germany, AuslandsGeschäftsAbsicherung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AGA)
- Japan, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI)
- United Kingdom, Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD)
- United States, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
- OPIC Program Handbook
- OPIC complements the U.S. Agency for International Development (“USAID”), which finances projects primarily on a government-to-government basis. See ABOUT USAID, USAID History
- OPIC claims determinations
- Berne Union
- OECD, Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones
Chapter 4: State Responsibility and Remedies Under Customary International Law
- Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945):
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)
- International Law Commission (ILC) Draft Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001)
Chapter 5: History and Development of the Customary International Law of Expropriation and Investment Protection
- NAFTA; also: NAFTAClaims.com (a.k.a. NAFTALaw.org)
- Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment (Appendix I)
Chapter 6: The Substantive Law of Contemporary International Investment Protection
Regional Investment Treaties and General Information
- UNCTAD
- NAFTA; also: NAFTAClaims.com (a.k.a. NAFTALaw.org)
- Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
- ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments in December 1987 (ASEAN Investment Agreement)
- MERCOSUR: Protocol for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of MERCOSUR Investments (unofficial English translation)
- International Law Commission (ILC) Draft Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001)
- ILC Draft Rules On Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses (1978)
- American Society of Appraisers International Glossary of Business Valuation Terms
- UNCTAD, Trends in International Investment Agreements: An Overview (1999)
- UNCTAD, World Investment Report (2004)
Bilateral Investment Treaties
- UNCTAD: comprehensive list of and text of BITs, with search engine
- Bilateral Investment Treaties 1959-1999 (United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2000) (comprehensive list of BITs in force, by country)
- ICSID’s comprehensive list of BITs in force (1959-1996)
- List of BITs in force among & between countries in the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA)
- Texts of BITs in force with members of the FTAA
- Investment Agreements In The Western Hemisphere: A Compendium, Organization of American States, Trade Unit, Free Trade Area of the Americas, Negotiating Group on Investment
- Bilaterals.org (information about bilateral trade and investment agreements), and (other info on BITs and lists of BITs concluded)
- Multilaterals Project (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University) (online access to a large number of multilateral conventions and otherinternational instruments, including texts of many global or regional treaties)
- Richard Happ’s arbitration website: Links to various country lists of BITs
- European BITs—links and info, including: EU enlargement: BITs of EU accession candidates (Apr 2004): (a list of BITs of EU accession candidates by Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer—namely, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia/Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey)
- Canada BIT program: International Trade Canada; Canada Model BIT (2004)
- France (overview of France’s bilateral investment treaty programme (in French))
- Germany (Brief introduction to Germany’s BIT programme (in German)
- Switzerland (links to all BITs entered into by Switzerland (in French))
- United Kingdom BIT program (Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs)); see also (overview of the UK’s bilateral investment treaty programme)
- United States BIT program; U.S. Model BIT (2004)
Chapters 7-9: International Arbitration and Conciliation
- International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- ICSID Convention
- ICSID Model Clauses
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958) (New York Convention)
- UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
- UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
- UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules
- UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
- UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (reprinted in Appendix XV)
- ICSID Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings
- ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Rules
- ICSID Conciliation Rules
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Guide to ICC ADR (2001)
- ICC Rules of Arbitration (1998)
- LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration) Arbitration Rules (1998)
- Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) Rules of the SCC Arbitration Institute (1999)
- International Bar Association (IBA) Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration
- United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
- American Arbitration Association (AAA)
- AAA Rules of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution
- IBA (International Bar Association) Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration
- Transnational Dispute Management
- International Arbitration Institute
- Singapore International Arbitration Centre-Arbitration Rules
- World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration Rules
- WIPO Mediation Rules
- United States Uniform Mediation Act (2001)
- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Mediation Rules
- Richard Happ’s Arbitration Links (links to resources in the field of international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration)
- International Commercial Arbitration: Locating the Resources – Revised, by Jean M. Wenger (LLRX)
- Lovells International Arbitration Guide (practical advice to businesses who use or could use arbitration to settle disputes; includes Introduction to Arbitration, Quick Guides, Arbitration Tools and Useful Links)
- International Commercial Arbitration: Resources in Print and Electronic Format, Lyonette Louis-Jacques
- Research Guide on Arbitration, Vanderbilt University
- Venezuelan Arbitration Committee
- ICSID roster of conciliators for use in investor-State disputes
- UNCTAD Course on Dispute Settlement (41 modules)
- Institute for Transnational Arbitration
- A Practical Guide For Drafting International Arbitration Clauses, R. Doak Bishop
Chapter 10: Intervention of States in Investment Disputes
- Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States
- European Association of Political Consultants (consultants used by investors or host States to identify and gain access to the necessary individuals within the home State governmental structure, in order to present the party’s view of the dispute and induce the State to intervene (or refrain from intervening) accordingly)
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