7 to 9 September 2026
The 10th intersessional meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group III will be held in Ninh Binh, Viet Nam. The intersessional meeting will focus on the topics of the standing mechanisms - the permanent tribunal and the permanent appellate tribunal - and the assessment of damages and compensation.
Venue:Pullman Ninh Binh Hotel,128 Le Thai To Street, Hoa Lu Ward Ninh Binh 430000, Viet Nam
Documents:
Standing mechanisms
Informal document on the standing mechanisms to facilitate discussions at the tenth intersessional meeting of Working Group III Ninh Binh, Viet Nam, 7-9 September 2026 (forthcoming)
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.259 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Draft statute of a permanent tribunal for international investment disputes
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.260 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Draft statute of a permanent appellate tribunal for international investment disputes
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.256 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Structure and design of a standing mechanism for the resolution of international investment disputes
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.257 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement: Submission from the European Union and its Member States on certain aspects concerning the jurisdiction of the Standing Mechanism
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.265 - Submission from the Government of Singapore on certain aspects concerning the jurisdiction of the Permanent Tribunal (English only)
Comments on the standing mechanisms
Procedural rules and cross-cutting issues
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.267 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Remaining draft provisions on procedural and cross-cutting issues (forthcoming)
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.255 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Draft guidelines on the calculation of damages and compensation in investor-State dispute settlement
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.261 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Submission from the Governments of Viet Nam and Nigeria (English only)
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.262 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS): Draft provisions on procedural and cross-cutting issues (revised text of draft provision 5–8, 12, 18, 19 and 20)
- A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.263 - Summary of the ninth intersessional meeting on investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) reform submitted by the Government of Chile (in English and Spanish only)
Comments on the draft guidelines on damages
- ICLRC (English only)
Reports
- A/81/17 - Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Fifty-ninth session (forthcoming)
- A/CN.9/1240 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its fifty-fourth session (Vienna, 23–27 March 2026)
- A/CN.9/1239 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its fifty-third session (New York, 12–16 January 2026)
- A/CN.9/1238 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its fifty-second session (Vienna, 22–26 September 2025)
- A/CN.9/1194 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its forty-ninth session (Vienna, 23–27 September 2024)