Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in Investment Cases

Investment arbitration is a procedure for resolving disputes between foreign investors and host States (also called investor-State dispute settlement). The possibility for a foreign investor to sue a host State is a guarantee for the foreign investor that, in the event of a dispute, he will have access to independent and qualified arbitrators who will resolve the dispute and render an enforceable award.
This allows the foreign investor to bypass national jurisdictions that may be perceived as biased or lacking in independence, and resolve the dispute in accordance with the various forms of protection granted by international treaties.
For a foreign investor to be able to initiate investment arbitration, the host State must have agreed to it.
This concerns arbitration in civil cases, commercial cases, administrative contract cases, as well as customs litigation.