Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2012
Journal Title
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs
ISSN
2168-7951
Abstract
While the current system of investment treaty arbitration has definitely improved upon the “gunboat diplomacy” used at times to address disputes between states and foreign investors, there are signs that reform is needed. Increasingly, states and investors express concerns regarding the costs associated with the arbitration process; some states are refusing to comply with arbitral awards; other states now hesitate to sign new bilateral investment treaties; and citizens have begun to engage in popular unrest at the prospect of investment treaty arbitration. As a result, both investors and states are advocating for the use of mediation to supplement investor-state arbitration. This paper explains how mediation could be used in the investor-state context.
First Page
86
Last Page
96
Num Pages
11
Volume Number
1
Issue Number
1
Publisher
Dickinson School of Law
Recommended Citation
Nancy A. Welsh & Andrea K. Schneider,
Becoming "Investor-State Mediation",
1
Penn St. J.L. Int'l Aff.
86
(2012).
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