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Soufraki v. United Arab Emirates

ICSID (Arbitration Tribunal).  07 July 2004 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Nationality — Individual investor — ICSID Convention, Article 25(1) and (2)(b) — Laws applicable to determining nationality — Provision for determining nationality under Bilateral Investment Treaty — Application of domestic laws of State whose nationality investor claiming — Competence of Tribunal to apply domestic laws when deciding issues of jurisdiction

Municipal law — Loss of nationality through operation of Italian domestic law — Applicable domestic laws for reacquisition of Italian nationality — Whether Claimant complying with applicable domestic laws — Interpretation of “residence” in applicable domestic laws — Whether Claimant maintaining actual habitual residence in accordance with applicable domestic laws — Whether Claimant satisfying burden of proof

Nationality — Evidence — Whether Tribunal bound by rules of evidence in Italian civil procedure — Whether official documents of State authorities conclusive proof of nationality — ICSID Arbitration Rule 34(1) — Tribunal’s competence to judge admissibility and probative value of evidence

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2007

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