In the past ten years investment dispute settlement by arbitration has increased considerably. Especially the
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), as part of the World Bank Group, has,
apart from ad hoc and UNCITRAL - Arbitration, significantly shaped the substantive investment law.
The current project should establish the actual substantive Investment Law by analysing the legal practice of
international arbitral tribunals. This purpose involves to a large extent the interpretation and application of identical
or similar treaty provisions which can be found in a dense network of bilateral and even multilateral investment
treaties.
The main research topics will be admission requirements, protection standards, expropriation protection and
compensation standards for expropriations of foreign investment.
In the past ten years investment dispute settlement by arbitration has increased considerably. Especially the
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), as part of the World Bank Group, has,
apart from ad hoc and UNCITRAL - Arbitration, significantly shaped the substantive investment law. The current
project should establish the actual substantive Investment Law by analysing the legal practice of international
arbitral tribunals. This purpose involves to a large extent the interpretation and application of identical or similar
treaty provisions which can be found in a dense network of bilateral and even multilateral investment treaties.
The main research topics will be admission requirements, protection standards, expropriation protection and
compensation standards for expropriations of foreign investment.