Sornarajah advanced the proposition - enjoying increasing purchase in the international legal community - that bilateral and multilateral investment agreements and the system
of international investment arbitration was conceived, and indeed continues to operate, on a number of false assumptions.
But essentially they wrote on topics ranging from prominent international law professors and judges, several major decisions of international courts, two Supreme Court decisions, a key aspect of a major environmental law treaty, principles of international law jurisdiction, an undeveloped topic relating to the use of force, a
major international investment arbitration issue, and an issue relating to corporate conduct and core labor standards.
The discussion in our panel revolved
around international investment arbitration, with the two senior panellists focusing on broader systemic developments, and the latter two on specific technical areas of international investment law.
Despite painting a compelling picture of what he sees as the true nature
of international investment arbitration, Sornarajah's submission must be seen, at best, as a starting point for further inquiry.
Ms. Salinas Quero will speak about the various mechanisms related to
international investment arbitration; how the SCC deals with procedures for resolving investor - state disputes, initiation of proceedings, and requests for arbitration submitted by investors and answers submitted by responding states.
Students may choose to focus their studies on international commercial arbitration,
international investment arbitration, or learn about both.
Sixth, in a finding that is set to disturb
the international investment arbitration community, the Court rules that the EUSFTA's ISDS mechanism falls within a competence shared between the EU and the member states and thereby objects to AG Sharpston's reasoning.