Global Voice Group v. ARPT and Guinea (Judgment of the United States )
ICSID · Investment (ICSID and treaty) · International (investor-state) · May 29, 2026
Why it matters
Global Voice Group v. ARPT and Guinea is an investment-treaty arbitration, in which a foreign investor argued that a state had fallen short of the protections it had promised under a treaty. Disputes of this kind turn on the balance between an investor's protections and a state's freedom to regulate in the public interest. The tribunal's full reasoning, and any sum awarded, are set out in the original.
Summary
This is the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals For The District of Columbia Circuit in Global Voice Group v. ARPT and Guinea, handed down on 29 May 2026. It is a national court's ruling touching an investment-treaty arbitration, the stage at which a domestic court is asked to enforce, set aside or review an award. italaw is the established open archive for this field, and this entry points to its record; the tribunal's full reasoning, and any sum it awarded, are set out in the document itself.
The detail
Parties: Global Voice Group v. ARPT and Guinea
Case number: See italaw record
Outcome: Judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Global Voice Group v. ARPT and Guinea. The disposition is set out in the original.
Applicable law: The applicable investment treaty; ICSID, UNCITRAL or ad hoc arbitration rules.
Issues in play: A foreign investor's treaty protections weighed against a sovereign state's exercise of its powers.
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