Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
COLLEGE OF LAW
3/25/2013
What is a dispute?
3/25/2013
a dispute exists when one State claims that another State should behave in a certain manner and that claim is rejected by the latter. (KELSEN)
3/25/2013
A dispute is a contest of some specificity, the resolution of which has some practical effect on the relations between the parties. (MALONE)
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
Dispute is a disagreement on a point of law or fact, a conflict of legal views or of interests between two persons.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
4
3/25/2013
An international dispute, in others words, is an actual disagreement between states regarding the conduct to be taken by one of them for the protection or vindication of the interests of the other.
3/25/2013
JURISPRUDENCE
The Maurommatis Palestine Concessions, Greece vs. Great Britain, August 30, 1924, PCIJ, Ser. B., No. 3, 1924
3/25/2013
Would a suit brought by a State in behalf of one of its nationals against another State constitute an international legal dispute between the two States?
3/25/2013
This question was answered in the affirmative by the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions Case
3/25/2013
In the said case, Greece is asserting its own rights by claiming from the Government of Great Britain an indemnity on the ground that M. Mavrommatis, one of its subjects,
3/25/2013
has been treated by the Palestine or British authorities in a manner incompatible with certain international obligations which they were bound to observe.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
10
In the case of Mavrommatis concessions, it is true that the dispute was at first between a private person and a State i.e., between M. Mavrommatis and Great Britain.
3/25/2013
11
3/25/2013
Subsequently, the Greek Government took up the case. The dispute then entered upon a new phase; it entered the domain of International Law, and became a dispute between two States. LAW 226 - Public International Law
12
The Permanent
3/25/2013
13
Once a State has taken up a case on behalf of one of its subjects before an international tribunal, in the eyes of the latter the State is sole claimant.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
14
The fact that Great Britain and Greece are the opposing Parties to the dispute arising out of the Mavrommatis concessions is sufficient to make it a dispute between two States.
3/25/2013
15
Nota bene:
3/25/2013
Where the disagreement has not yet ripened into a fullblown conflict or the issues have not yet been sufficiently formulated and defined, there is what is known as a situation. LAW 226 - Public International Law
16
3/25/2013
17
A dispute is LEGAL if it involves justiciable rights based on law or fact susceptible of adjudication by a judicial or arbitral tribunal.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
18
3/25/2013
An example is a conflict on the interpretation of a treaty or the ascertainment of the boundaries of adjacent states.
3/25/2013
19
A dispute is POLITICAL if it cannot be decided by legal processes on the basis of the substantive rules of international law. Why?
3/25/2013
20
Because the differences of the parties spring from animosities in their mutual attitudes rather than from an antagonism of legal rights.
3/25/2013
21
On the claim of the Philippines on the Spratleys. 1. Is there a dispute or only a situation? 2. Is it legal or political?
LAW 226 - Public International Law
22
3/25/2013
23
3/25/2013
Disputes are required to be settled, conformably to one of the basic principles of the United Nations, by peaceful means in such manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. LAW 226 - Public International Law
24
What is the role of the United Nations in the settlement of international disputes?
3/25/2013
25
United Nations Charter Article 1 (1) Article 2 (3) Article 33 (1) answered the question!
3/25/2013
26
Article 1 (1)
To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace,
3/25/2013
27
Article 1 (1)
and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
3/25/2013
28
Article 2 (3)
All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.
3/25/2013
29
Article 33 (1)
The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solution by
3/25/2013
30
Article 33 (1)
negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice. (will be discussed later)
3/25/2013
31
May a member of the United Nations bring a dispute to the attention of the General Assembly?
3/25/2013
32
U.N. Charter, Art. 35 [1] Any member of the United Nations may bring any dispute, or any situation of the nature referred to in Article 34, to the attention of Security Council or of General Assembly .
3/25/2013
33
The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.
3/25/2013
34
But, what happened to The invasion of Iraq by the combined forces of the United States, Britain and Australia ?
3/25/2013
35
The invasion provoked world-wide protest led by France, Russia and China, all members of the Big Five. They contended that the attack was done without authorization from the Security Council which wanted to give the UN inspection team more time to look for the weapons of mass destruction that US President George W. Bush insisted the Iraqi government was concealing.
3/25/2013
36
Unable to get UN permission, the United States nevertheless began bombarding Iraq, invoking an earlier inconclusive resolution of the Security Council adopted after the terrorist attacks in his country on September 11, 2002. The consensus in legal quarters dismissed such resolution and held that the United States needed another resolution categorically calling for armed sanction against Iraq.
3/25/2013
37
The Iraqi crisis has raised questions about the effectiveness of the Security Council in maintaining international peace and security and the practical value of the rule requiring the unanimity of the Big Five in deciding non-procedural questions.
3/25/2013
38
The threatened veto by France of the US proposal for the immediate invasion of Iraq caused the United States to go it alone and may have demonstrated the impotence of the United Nations in enforcing the purposes and principles defined in its Charter.
3/25/2013
39
3/25/2013
40
May a state which is not member of the United Nations bring a dispute to the attention of the Security Council or of the General Assembly?
3/25/2013
41
3/25/2013
A non-member state may bring to the attention of the Security Council or the General Assembly any dispute provided that: 1. It is a party to the dispute; and 2. It accepts in advance, for the purposes of the dispute, the obligations of pacific settlement provided in the Charter. LAW 226 - Public International Law
42
What are the powers of the General Assembly with respect to the dispute that are brought to its attention?
3/25/2013
43
The General Assembly with respect to the disputes that it hears are limited to establishing fact-finding missions and making recommendations,
3/25/2013
44
but although the actions of the General Assembly may have significant political influences, state are under no legal obligation to cooperate with the fact-finding missions or to follow recommendations.
3/25/2013
45
What are the powers of the Security Council with respect to the disputes that are brought to its attention?
3/25/2013
46
Under Art. 34, the Security Council may investigate any dispute in order to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security and if so,
3/25/2013
47
under Art. 37, its shall decide whether to take appropriate action or to recommend such terms of settlement as it may consider appropriate.
3/25/2013
48
3/25/2013
49
A. NEGOTIATION, (generally the first step) the discussion undertaken by the parties themselves of their respective claims and counterclaims with a view to their just and orderly adjustment.
3/25/2013
50
Where the talks prosper and agreement is reached, it is usually formalized in a treaty or, more directly, effected through the rectification of the injury cause to the claimant state.
3/25/2013
51
B. INQUIRY - is an investigation of the points in question, on the theory that their elucidation will contribute to the solution of the differences between the parties.
3/25/2013
52
The U.N. is empowered to call the parties concerned to explain their position on a dispute and may attempt to narrow their differences, reconcile their opposing views and if necessary recommend a just and fair solution.
3/25/2013
53
3/25/2013
In the Dogger Bank Case, Russian vessels fired in a fog on the English fishing fleet off Dogger Bank during the Russo-Japanese War and caused the death of two fishermen, injuries to others and considerable destruction of property. LAW 226 - Public International Law
54
Russia maintained that the firing was due to the approach of Japanese torpedo boats, and a commission of inquiry was created to verify this claim. The finding was that there were no torpedo boats present at the time of the incident and, as a result, Russia agreed to pay 65,000 to Great Britain.
3/25/2013
55
The US and Chile in 1992-93 set up an Enquiry Commission to determine the amount of damages to be paid to the US by Chile for allegedly killing two persons in Washington by Chilean intelligence officers and the dispute was settled
3/25/2013
56
C. GOOD OFFICES - is method by which a third party attempts to bring the disputing states together in order to enable them to discuss the issues in contention and arrive at an agreement.
3/25/2013
57
This is usually employed when the parties are no longer on speaking terms, that is, when they have severed diplomatic relations or have actually commenced hostilities.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
58
3/25/2013
This is referred to as quiet diplomacy since the process often involves entrusting the dispute to personalities with special qualification on whom both parties agree. This might involve, for example, heads of State or the Secretary-General of the United Nations, or their designees
3/25/2013
59
The Russo-Japanese War, for example, was terminated through the good offices of President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States who succeeded in bringing the parties together to the conference table for the conclusion of a negotiated peace.
3/25/2013
60
D. MEDIATION like good offices, mediation is an adjunct of negotiation, but with the mediator as an active participant, authorized, and even expected, to advance his own proposals and to interpret, as well as to transmit, each partys proposals to each other.
3/25/2013
61
The third party does not merely provide the opportunity for the antagonists to negotiate but also actively participates in their discussions in order to reconcile their conflicting claims and appease their feelings of resentment.
3/25/2013
62
In 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter mediated between Egypt and Israel and achieved the Camp David Agreement in March 1979. Under the Agreement Egypt recognized diplomatically Israel and in return Israel withdrew its troops from Sinai Peninsula, occupied by Israel in the 1967 war
3/25/2013
63
E. CONCILIATION a method that combines the characteristics of both enquiry and mediation. While mediation is ordinarily carried out by one person, conciliation is usually conducted by an organization
3/25/2013
64
(Malaysia, Bangladesh and Pakistan were given the task by OIC to broker peace between Iran and Iraq war during the 80s)
3/25/2013
65
66
ARBITRATION - is the solution of a dispute by an impartial third party, usually a tribunal created by the parties themselves under a charter known as the compromise,
3/25/2013
67
which will provide for, among others, the composition of the body and the manner of the selection of its members, its rules of proceedings and sometimes even the law to be applied by it,
3/25/2013
68
and the issues of fact or law to be resolved. Unlike in conciliation, the proceedings are essentially judicial and the awards is, by previous agreement, binding on the parties to the dispute.
3/25/2013
69
This method is similar to judicial settlement not only in the nature of the proceedings and the binding character of the decisions but also in the fact that the disputes submitted for adjudication are legal rather than political.
3/25/2013
70
71
1.
The judicial tribunal is, generally speaking, a preexisting and permanent body whereas the arbitral tribunal in an ad hoc body created and filled by the parties to the dispute themselves.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
72
3/25/2013
2.
3/25/2013
73
3.
The law applied by the tribunal in judicial settlement is independent of the will of the parties but may be limited by them in arbitration proceedings.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
74
arbitration created and filled by the parties to the dispute themselves Voluntary submission
TRIBUNAL
JURISDICTION
compulsory LAW APPLICABLE
3/25/2013
independent of the will of may be limited by the the parties parties LAW 226 - Public International Law
75
76
1.
It is more conclusive than the other forms of non-judicial dispute settlement because the decisions of the arbitral panels are binding upon the parties;
3/25/2013
77
2.
The disputing parties retain greater control in the arbitration process because they appoint the arbitrators;
3/25/2013
78
3.
4.
The parties may designate the procedures and the laws to be applied; Arbitration is less formal and less contentious than adjudication; and
LAW 226 - Public International Law
79
3/25/2013
5.
Both the arbitration proceedings and decisions can be kept confidential, a great advantage in dispute regarding sensitive matters.
3/25/2013
80
81
1.
If the parties do not specify procedures, arbitration may be very cumbersome and timeconsuming process;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
82
3/25/2013
2.
Arbitration panels do not have authority of courts to conduct discovery or subpoena witnesses; and
3/25/2013
83
3.
The parties themselves pay for the entire cost of the arbitration.
3/25/2013
84
85
As a rule, arbitral awards are binding on the parties. However, Article V of the United Nations Conventions of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (The New York Convention), adopted in June 10, 1958, provides the following defenses to the enforcement of an arbitral award:
3/25/2013
86
a)
The parties to the agreement were, under the law applicable to them, under some incapacity;
3/25/2013
87
b)
The agreement is not valid under the law agreed upon by parties, or, failing any indication thereon, under the law of the country where the award was made;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
88
3/25/2013
c)
The party against whom the award is invoked was not given proper notice of the appointment of the arbitrator or of the arbitration proceedings or was otherwise unable to present this case;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
89
3/25/2013
d)
The award deals with a difference not contemplated by or not falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration, or it contains decisions on matter beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
90
3/25/2013
e)
The composition of the arbitral authority or the arbitral procedure, was not in accordance with the agreement of the parties;
3/25/2013
91
f)
The award has not yet become binding on the parties, or has been set aside or suspended by a competent authority of the country in which that award was made;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
92
3/25/2013
g)
The subject matter of the difference is not capable of settlement by arbitration under the law of that country in which the award was made;
3/25/2013
93
h)
The enforcement of the award would be contrary to the public policy of that country.
3/25/2013
94
Let us walk you through a case where the Philippines was involved.
3/25/2013
95
Case:
Fraport v. Philippines
Year the case was initiated:
2003
Year the award was rendered:
2007
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
96
Country involved:
Philippines
Home country of the investor:
Germany
3/25/2013
97
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide v. Republic of the Philippines (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/25)
LAW 226 - Public International Law
98
3/25/2013
Type of investment:
3/25/2013
99
Legal instrument:
Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of the Philippines for the Promotion and the Reciprocal Protection of Investments
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
100
Rules / Venues:
3/25/2013
101
L. Yves Fortier (Chair); Canadian Bernardo M. Cremades; Spanish W. Michael Reisman, U.S.
3/25/2013
102
103
On 17 September 2003, the Claimant filed its request for arbitration with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against the Respondent for the resolution of divergencies having arisen amongst the parties to this arbitration.
3/25/2013
104
The Request was submitted in accordance with the ICSID arbitration provisions contained in the Treaty, in particular paragraph 2 of Article 9 of the BIT entitled "Settlement of Disputes between a Contracting State and an Investor of another Contracting State":
3/25/2013
105
"If such divergencies cannot be settled according to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article within six months from the date of request for settlement, the investor concerned may submit the dispute to:
3/25/2013
106
[] (b) the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes through conciliation or arbitration."
3/25/2013
107
For the reasons set forth herein and pursuant to Rules 41(5) and 47(1)(i) and (j) of the Arbitration Rules and Article 61(2) of the Convention, a majority of the Arbitral Tribunal decides:
LAW 226 - Public International Law
108
3/25/2013
1.
To accept the objection to the jurisdiction of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes raised by the Republic of the Philippines;
3/25/2013
109
2.
To declare that the Centre does not have jurisdiction to hear this dispute and that this Arbitral Tribunal is not competent to resolve it;
3/25/2013
110
3.
3/25/2013
111
4.
To order that each party shall bear in full its own legal costs and that the payment of the fees and expenses of the members of the Arbitral Tribunal and of the administrative fees for the use of the Centre shall be paid in equal share by each party.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
3/25/2013
112
An investor that contravenes the law of the Host State of the investment must expect to suffer the consequences prescribed by law.
3/25/2013
113
The principle of legality in investment arbitration, like the principles of pacta sunt servanda and good faith, applies equally to both Parties.
3/25/2013
114
Indeed, the very purpose of investment arbitration is to determine the legality of the conduct of the Host State and the investor under the applicable law.
3/25/2013
115
3/25/2013
116
Judicial settlement is a decision by a Court. In the U.N. system, the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the U.N. and the Court, with seat at The Hague (the Netherlands), decides inter-states disputes.
3/25/2013
117
MUST AGREE to
3/25/2013
118
119
The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all case which the parties refer to it and all matters specially provided for in the Charter of the United Nations or in treaties and conventions in force. (ICJ Statute, Art.36[1])
3/25/2013
120
121
1.
2.
Only states may be parties in contentious cases before the Court (ICJ Statute, Art. 34); and The consent of the states is needed for the court to acquire jurisdiction (Id., Art. 36)
LAW 226 - Public International Law
122
3/25/2013
Art. 36
The court is competent to entertain a dispute only if the states concerned have accepted its jurisdiction in one or more of the following ways:
3/25/2013
123
1.
By the conclusion between them of a special agreement (compromise) to submit the dispute to the Court
3/25/2013
124
2.
By virtue of a jurisdiction clause, i.e., typically, when they are parties to a treaty containing a provision whereby in the event of a disagreement over its interpretation or application, one of them may refer the dispute to the Court;
LAW 226 - Public International Law
125
3/25/2013
3.
Through the reciprocal effect of declarations made by them under the Statute whereby each has accepted the jurisdiction of the Court as compulsory in the event of a dispute with another State having made a similar declaration.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
126
3/25/2013
127
1.
European Court of Justice (ECJ), the Supreme Court of the European Union
3/25/2013
128
Functions : a) to examine the legality of Community acts and to ensure that Community law is interpreted and applied uniformly. b) resolves disputes between Community institutions or between those institutions and the Member States (or even between Member States themselves).
3/25/2013
129
2.
3/25/2013
130
Function: 1. promote the uniform interpretation of common legal rules for which it has become competent (e.g., concerning trademarks, penalties, motor vehicle insurance, movement of persons, and protection of birds).
3/25/2013
131
3.
3/25/2013
the Court of the EFTA States parties to the European Area Agreement (EEA), disputes between the contracting Parties, between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and contracting Parties,
LAW 226 - Public International Law
133
3/25/2013
and between the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the addressee of a decision of the authority or a person directly and individually concerned by such a decision.
3/25/2013
134
4.
3/25/2013
also known as the Strasbourg Court was established in November 1998 pursuant to the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (1950) establishing a single court sitting fulltime and replacing the European Commission of Human Rights (1954) and the European Court of Human Rights (1959). It has its seat in Strasbourg, France.
3/25/2013
136
The Courts primary function is to ensure compliance by the High Contracting Parties with their commitments arising from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.
LAW 226 - Public International Law
137
3/25/2013
The Court hears and decides complaints of human rights violations allegedly committed by States Parties, and brought to the Court either by other States Parties or by individuals subject to the jurisdiction of a State Party.
3/25/2013
138
3/25/2013
139
3/25/2013
Thank You!!!
140