Working Group III: Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform

Draft Working Papers for comments

• New Appellate mechanism and enforcement issues (comments are welcome until 15 December  via uncitral@un.org)
• New Selection and Appointment of ISDS tribunal members (comments are welcome until 15 December via uncitral@un.org)
• Code of conduct for Adjudicators in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (with annotations) and Annexes
  • The ICSID and UNCITRAL Secretariats would like to advise that the period for receiving comments on the draft Code of Conduct has been extended to 30 November 2020, at the request of delegations. As before, comments on the draft may be sent to the UNCITRAL Secretariat (uncitral@un.org) and ICSID Secretariat (icsidsecretariat@worldbank.org)
  • Overview of the Code of Conduct  English | Français | Español
  • Online presentation open to stakeholders

39 ^th session 5-9 October 2020, Vienna

• Letter from the chair of Working Group III to member States of UNCITRAL 
• Information sheet for delegations
• In-session submission by the Government of Morocco on the role of translation in ISDS reform [to be made available in all languages shortly]

• A/CN.9/1044 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-ninth session (advance copy)
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.198 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.170 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Shareholder claims and reflective loss
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.190 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Dispute prevention and mitigation - Means of alternative dispute resolution
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.191 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Interpretation of investment treaties by treaty Parties
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.192 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Security for cost and frivolous claims
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.193 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Multiple proceedings and counterclaims
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.194 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) - Multilateral instrument on ISDS reform 

Submission from Governments

• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.156 - Submission from the Government of Indonesia
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.159 - Submission from the European Union and its Member States
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.159/Add.1 - Submission from the European Union and its Member States 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.161 - Submission from the Government of Morocco
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.162 - Submission from the Government of Thailand
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.163 - Submission from the Governments of Chile, Israel and Japan
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.164 - Submission from the Government of Costa Rica
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.171 - Submission from the Government of Brazil
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.173 - Submission from the Government of Colombia
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.174 - Submission from the Government of Turkey
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.175 - Submission from the Government of Ecuador
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.176 - Submission from the Government of South Africa
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.177 - Submission from the Government of China
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.178 - Submission from the Government of Costa Rica
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.179 - Submission from the Government of the Republic of Korea
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.180 - Submission from the Government of Bahrain 
  • Submission from the Government of Bahrain (longer version, English only)
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.181 - Submission from the Government of Mali
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.182 - Submission from the Governments of Chile, Israel, Japan, Mexico and Peru 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.183 - Summary of the third inter-sessional regional meeting on ISDS reform submitted by the Government of the Republic of Guinea
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.186 - Submission from the Government of Kuwait (advance copy)
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.187 - Submission from the Government of Kazakhstan
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.188 - Submission from the Government of the Russian Federation 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.188/Add.1 - Submission from the Government of the Russian Federation
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.195 - Submission from the Government of Morocco
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.196 - Submission from the Governments of The Netherlands, Peru and Thailand
  • Scoping Study: “Securing Adequate Legal Defense in Proceedings under International Investment Agreements”
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.197 - Submission from the Government of Turkey

ISDS Reform: On-line Resources and Contributions

• Additional resources / On line resources and contributions / contributions since the Resumed 38th session

39 ^th session 30 March - 3 April 2020, New York 

Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 March, April and May sessions of UNCITRAL Working Groups I, III, IV, V and VI had to be postponed. Alternative arrangements were put in place, which allowed for progress to be made on the working papers scheduled for consideration at those sessions.

Resumed 38 ^th session 20-24 January 2020, Vienna

• A/CN.9/1004/Add.1 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its resumed thirty-eighth session 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.184 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.185 - Appellate and multilateral court mechanisms
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.169 - Selection and appointment of ISDS tribunal members

38 ^th session 14-18 October 2019, Vienna

• A/CN.9/1004* - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-eighth session
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.165 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.166 - Reform options
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.166/Add.1 - Reform options (Tabular presentation)
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.167 - Background information on a code of conduct 
  • Compilation of information on codes of conduct part 1
  • Compilation of information on codes of conduct part 2
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.168 - Advisory Centre 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.169 - Selection and appointment of ISDS tribunal members
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.170 - Shareholder claims and reflective loss
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.172 - Third-party funding

37 ^th session 1-5 April 2019, New York

• A/CN.9/970 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-seventh session
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.155 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.156 - Submission from the Government of Indonesia
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.157 - Possible reform of ISDS - Third-party funding 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.158 - Possible reform of ISDS - Information on options for implementing a work plan
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.159 - Submission from the European Union and its Member States
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.159/Add.1 - Submission from the European Union and its Member States 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.160 - Summary of the second inter-sessional regional meeting on ISDS reform submitted by the Government of the Dominican Republic
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.161 - Submission from the Government of Morocco
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.162 - Submission from the Government of Thailand
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.163 - Submission from the Governments of Chile, Israel and Japan
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.164 - Submission from the Government of Costa Rica

36 ^th session 29 October - 2 November 2018, Vienna

• A/CN.9/964 - Report of of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-sixth session
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.148 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.149 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.150 - Possible reform of ISDS - Consistency and related matters
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.151 - Possible reform of ISDS - Ensuring independence and impartiality on the part of arbitrators and decision makers in ISDS
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.152 - Possible reform of ISDS - Arbitrators and decision makers: appointment mechanisms and related issues
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.153 - Possible reform of ISDS - Cost and duration
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.154 - Summary of the first intersessional regional meeting on ISDS reform submitted by the Government of the Republic of Korea

35 ^th session, 23-27 April 2018, New York

• A/CN.9/935 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-fifth session 
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.144 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.145 - Submissions from the European Union
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.146 - Submissions from International Intergovernmental Organizations on appointment of arbitrators
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.147 - Submission by the Government of Thailand

34 ^th session, 27 November - 1 December 2017, Vienna

• A/CN.9/930/Rev.1 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-fourth session - Part I
• A/CN.9/930/Add.1/Rev.1 - Report of Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) on the work of its thirty-fourth session - Part II
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.141 - Annotated provisional agenda
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.142 - Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS)
• A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.143 - Submissions from International Intergovernmental Organizations