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The Influence of Bilateral Investment Treaties on Customary International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Stephen M. Schwebel*
Affiliation:
International Court of Justice, The Hague. Arbitrator, Washington, DC

Abstract

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Type
Investor-State Disputes and the Development of International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2004

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References

1 Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398, 428-30 (1964).

2 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3281 (XXIX) of December 12, 1974, Article 2.

3 CME Czech Republic B.V. v. Czech Republic, Final Award of March 14, 2003, paras. 497-98.

4 Mondev International Ltd. v. United States of America, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF) 99/2, para. 117 (Oct. 11, 2002).

5 Report of the International Law Commission covering the work of its twelfth session, 2 Yearbook of the International Law Commission 145, UN Doc. A/4425 (I960). “Bilateral consular treaties have exercised a most important influence on the development of customary international law on consuls, now codified in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.” ( Baxter, R.R., Treaties and Custom, 129 Recueil Des Cours 1970 (I) 25, 87.Google Scholar)