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Ritika Mehta, Vinita Agarwal, Prenay Agarwal v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Permanent Court of Arbitration · Interstate and investor-state (PCA) · International · 2025

Why it matters

Ritika Mehta (Private entity )Vinita Agarwal (Private entity )Prenay Agarwal (Private entity ) v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, an investor-state arbitration, in which an investor brought claims against a state, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Ritika Mehta, Vinita Agarwal, Prenay Agarwal v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

Summary

Ritika Mehta (Private entity )Vinita Agarwal (Private entity )Prenay Agarwal (Private entity ) v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, an investor-state arbitration, in which an investor brought claims against a state, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Ritika Mehta, Vinita Agarwal, Prenay Agarwal v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

The detail

Parties: Ritika Mehta (Private entity )Vinita Agarwal (Private entity )Prenay Agarwal (Private entity ) v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Case number: 2025-39

Outcome: Status: Pending

Applicable law: The applicable treaty, contract or arbitration rules; see the original.

Issues in play: Public international law / investment law

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