The Overall Analysis of UNCITRAL’s Rules on Transparency in Investment Arbitration

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Assistant Professor in Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University

Abstract

Due to the widespread use of arbitration to resolve disputes arising from bilateral or multilateral investment treaties, and necessity of paying attention to the public interest in these arbitrations, UNCITRAL approved a set of rules in July 2013 that aimed to ensure transparency in investor-state arbitration. Although these rules require provisions concerning the publication of information and documentation relating to arbitration and are not the first experience and perfect criteria of transparency in arbitration, they are of great importance since they represent only transparency instead of confidentiality and privacy. With due regard to the adoption of the Convention on the Transparency in Investment Arbitrations, the use of these rules could result in further coordination and harmonization of provisions on arbitration.

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  • Receive Date: 14 February 2015
  • Revise Date: 02 July 2015
  • Accept Date: 11 January 2017

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