UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration

The Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), in force since April 2014, introduce requirements on the publication of certain documents in arbitral proceedings which apply the UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

The new Mauritius Convention would allow those transparency rules also to be applied in disputes arising under investment agreements existing prior to April 2014.

The Council of the European Union was debating in 2016 on what basis the EU and its Member States can sign the Convention.

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-state arbitration http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-on-the-conclusion-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-of-the-united-nations-convention-on-transparency-in-treaty-based-investor-state-arbitration/

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