International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

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international arbitration institution specialized international organization

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is an international arbitration institution that facilitates the resolution of legal disputes between foreign investors and sovereign states under investment treaties and contracts.

Aliases (6)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international arbitration institution → specialized international organization →
abbreviation	ICSID →
alsoKnownAs	ICSID Convention Centre →
country	United States →
enforcementRegime	awards enforceable as if final judgments of courts of contracting states →
establishedBy	Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States →
fieldOfWork	international arbitration → international investment law → public international law →
foundedBy	World Bank →
governs	arbitration between contracting states and nationals of other contracting states →
hasMember	contracting states to the ICSID Convention →
hasProcess	arbitration → conciliation → fact-finding →
hasSector	foreign direct investment →
hasService	administration of ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules → administration of arbitration proceedings → administration of conciliation proceedings → administration of other investor–state dispute settlement proceedings → registration of requests for arbitration → registration of requests for conciliation → secretariat services for arbitral tribunals → secretariat services for conciliation commissions → support for annulment proceedings → support for interpretation proceedings → support for revision proceedings →
hasTypeOfCase	investor–state dispute → state–state investment dispute →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1966 →
jurisdiction	investment disputes between contracting states and nationals of other contracting states →
legalBasis	ICSID Convention →
legalForm	international organization →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
officialLanguage	English → French → Spanish →
operatesUnder	World Bank Articles of Agreement →
parentOrganization	World Bank Group →
partOf	World Bank Group →
purpose	conciliation of investment disputes → facilitation of international investment arbitration → settlement of investment disputes between states and foreign investors →
recognizedBy	contracting states to the ICSID Convention →
shortName	ICSID →
subjectOf	ICSID Convention →
website	https://icsid.worldbank.org →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions → ICSID Convention → Washington Convention →	establishes
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") → World Bank Group ("ICSID") →	abbreviation
ICSID Arbitration Rules → ICSID conciliation rules ("ICSID Secretariat") →	administeredBy
ICSID Arbitration Rules ("Administrative Council of ICSID") → ICSID conciliation rules ("Administrative Council of ICSID") →	adoptedBy
ICSID Convention ("Chapter I – International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes") → World Bank Group →	hasPart
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID Convention Centre") →	alsoKnownAs
Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions →	definesPowersOf
World Bank Group →	disputeSettlementBody
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States") →	establishedBy
ICSID Convention ("ICSID") →	establishesAbbreviation
ICSID conciliation rules →	governedBy
World Bank Group Board of Governors →	governs
President of the World Bank Group →	hasAuthorityOver
World Bank Group headquarters →	headquartersOf
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") →	shortName
World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors →	supervises