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This book covers the origins and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its Convention, from 1955 to 2015. It includes accounts of the formulation of the Convention, the elaboration of ICSID's Regulations and Rules and analysis of the cases submitted since the entry into force of the Convention.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Origins of the Convention
- 3: Broches's "Working Paper"
- 4: The Preliminary Draft of the Convention
- 5: Finalizing the Text of the Convention
- 6: Establishment and Launch of the Centre
- 7: ICSID's First Two Decades
- 8: Aspects of the Early Cases
- 9: ICSID from 1989 to 1999
- 10: ICSID from 2000 to 2010
- 11: "The Premier International Arbitration Facility in the World"
- 12: Conclusion
About the author
Antonio R. Parra served as the first Deputy Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) from 1999 to 2005 and was Legal Adviser at ICSID from 1990 to 1999. His earlier positions include Senior Counsel, ICSID; Counsel, Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank; Counsel, Policy and General Affairs, World Bank; Assistant Legal Counsel, OPEC Fund for International Development; and Research Staffer, OPEC Secretariat. At the World Bank's Legal Vice Presidency and ICSID, Mr Parra worked on the establishment of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and the preparation of the World Bank Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment. He is an Honorary Secretary-General of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (having been Secretary General from 2004 to 2010) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Summary
This book covers the origins and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its Convention, from 1955 to 2015. It includes accounts of the formulation of the Convention, the elaboration of ICSID's Regulations and Rules and analysis of the cases submitted since the entry into force of the Convention.
Additional text
Antonio Parra has harnessed more than a decade's worth of experience in this user friendly but comprehensive history of the Centre ... All in all, the book, through its accessible presentation of the establishment and evolution of the Centre throughout the decades, is an essential introduction to anyone interested in investor-state dispute settlement.
