2017 Developments in Investment Treaty Arbitration

9.01 Investment treaty jurisprudence continued to develop at a rapid rate during 2017. This contribution highlights certain notable contributions made by tribunals during the year in the areas of merits, provisional measures, remedies and settlements, and annulments and challenges to awards. 9.02 Across the spectrum of investment treaty case law in 2017, tribunals addressed many interesting issues relating to the substance of treaty guarantees. This section categorizes those issues into six sections, as follows: (1) human rights, social and environmental issues;...