A.D. Trade Belgium S.P.R.L. v. Republic of Guinea
Investment treaty tribunal · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · Republic of Guinea · 22 Nov 2017
Why it matters
A.D. Trade Belgium S.P.R.L. v. Republic of Guinea, an investment-treaty arbitration in which a foreign investor brought claims against a state. For a student, it is a worked example of investor-state dispute settlement: how a tribunal weighs a state's right to regulate against the treaty protections owed to foreign investors. The tribunal's reasoning is set out in the linked final award.
Summary
A.D. Trade Belgium S.P.R.L. v. Republic of Guinea: an investor-state final award in ICC Case No. 21390/MCP/DDA, with Republic of Guinea as the respondent state. The document is published by italaw, the open database for investment-treaty arbitration. The full reasoning, the treaty relied on and the operative decision are set out in the linked original.
The detail
Parties: A.D. Trade Belgium S.P.R.L. v. Republic of Guinea
Case number: ICC Case No. 21390/MCP/DDA
Outcome: italaw publishes the final award in ICC Case No. 21390/MCP/DDA. See the original for the operative decision.
Applicable law: The investment treaty invoked and the applicable arbitration rules (ICSID Convention or UNCITRAL Rules); see the linked award.
Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections against a state's sovereign right to regulate, decided by an investor-state tribunal.
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Locus Standi links to the source decision and publishes its own plain-language summary. It does not reproduce the text of the award.