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Contents
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Preliminary Material
Dedication
Series Editor’s Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Table of Cases
International Arbitration and Court Cases
National Court Cases
France
United Kingdom
United States
Table of Legislation
Treaties, Conventions and Instruments
Arbitration Rules
Guidelines
National
Egypt
Germany
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Mexico
Philippines
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Investment Treaties
List of Abbreviations
Main Text
1 Introductory Chapter: Arbitrating Transnational Corruption
Preliminary Material
A The Decision-maker’s Dilemma
1.01
1.02
B The Subject of Study
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
C The Phenomenon
1.08
1.09
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
D Anti-Corruption: Formal Laws and Informal Codes
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
E Investor Protection in International Investment Arbitration
1.22
1.23
1.24
1.25
F Arbitral Attitudes
1.26
1.27
1.28
1.29
G Competing Legal and Policy Questions
1.30
1.31
1.32
1.33
1.34
1.35
1.36
H Overview of the Book
1.37
1.38
1.39
1.40
1.41
Part I Transnational Corruption and International Efforts at its Control
2 The Nature of Transnational Corruption
Preliminary Material
A A Working Definition of Corruption
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
1 Bribery
2.05
2.06
2.07
2 Extortion
2.08
2.09
2.10
2.11
2.12
B The ‘Inevitability’ of Corruption in Social Development
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
C Perspectives from Economics
2.20
2.21
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
D Prohibited Corruption vs. Permitted Inducement
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.34
2.35
2.36
2.37
E The Natural Habitat of Transnational Corruption
2.38
2.39
2.40
2.41
2.42
3 A Typology of Corruption in Foreign Investment
Preliminary Material
A Introduction: Taxonomic Distinctions
3.01
3.02
3.03
B Governmental Action Purchased: Transaction vs. Variance Bribery
3.04
1 Transaction bribery
3.05
3.06
3.07
3.08
3.09
3.10
3.11
2 Variance bribery
3.12
3.13
3.14
3.15
3.16
3.17
3.18
3.19
C Corruption as Risk-Abatement: Political vs. Economic Risk
3.20
3.21
3.22
1 Political uncertainty
3.23
3.24
2 Economic uncertainty
3.25
3.26
3 Parsing the political vs. economic risk dichotomy
3.27
3.28
4 International Efforts to Combat Corruption in Foreign Investment
Preliminary Material
A An Overview
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4.05
B National and International Anti-Foreign Corruption Instruments
1 The foundational role of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
4.06
a Background
4.07
4.08
b Prohibited acts under the FCPA
4.09
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
c Exceptions to the FCPA’s application
4.14
4.15
4.16
d Enforcement issues
4.17
4.18
4.19
4.20
4.21
e The FCPA and its impact on investment in developing States
4.22
4.23
2 The 1997 OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
4.24
4.25
4.26
a Primary purpose: criminalizing foreign official bribery through ‘functionally equivalent’ national legislation
4.27
4.28
4.29
4.30
4.31
b Civil and administrative sanctions remain uncertain
4.32
c Implementation record
4.33
4.34
4.35
4.36
3 Regional anti-corruption conventions
a Europe
4.37
4.38
i Civil Law Convention
4.39
4.40
4.41
4.42
4.43
4.44
ii Criminal Law Convention
4.45
4.46
4.47
4.48
4.49
b The Americas
4.50
4.51
4.52
c Africa
4.53
4.54
4.55
4.56
4 The U.N. Convention Against Corruption
4.57
4.58
4.59
a Key provisions
4.60
4.61
4.62
4.63
4.64
4.65
5 Investment treaties proscribing corruption
4.66
4.67
4.68
4.69
4.70
4.71
4.72
4.73
C Efforts to Utilize International Arbitration for Enforcing Anti-Corruption Norms
4.74
4.75
4.76
1 U.N. Proposals for arbitration of corruption
4.77
4.78
4.79
D Conclusion: The Limits of the International Anti-Corruption Consensus
4.80
4.81
4.82
1 Focus on ‘supply-side’ foreign investor corruption instead of ‘demand-side’ public official corruption
4.83
4.84
4.85
4.86
4.87
4.88
4.89
4.90
4.91
2 No consensus on the civil consequences of corruption
4.92
4.93
4.94
4.95
4.96
4.97
3 Anti-corruption as an intermediate objective towards economic development
4.98
4.99
4.100
4.101
4.102
4.103
4 The international anti-corruption framework as lex imperfecta ?
4.104
4.105
4.106
4.107
4.108
4.109
4.110
5 Gains and challenges in the enforcement of international anti-corruption norms—the question of proper penalties
4.111
4.112
4.113
4.114
4.115
4.116
4.117
4.118
4.119
6 The control of transnational corruption through international investment arbitration
4.120
4.121
4.122
Part II The Jurisprudence on Corruption in International Investment Arbitration: Case and Trend Analysis
5 The Scope of Inquiry: Treaty vs. Contract 'Investment Arbitration'
Preliminary Material
A Background to the Commercial/Investment Arbitration Dichotomy
5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.05
B Similarities in Procedure and Personalities
5.06
5.07
5.08
5.09
C Investment and Commercial Arbitration: the Differences
5.10
5.11
5.12
5.13
5.14
5.15
5.16
D Protected ‘Investments’ and the Host State’s Economic Development
5.17
5.18
5.19
5.20
5.21
5.22
5.23
5.24
5.25
5.26
5.27
5.28
5.29
E Contract-Based International Investment Arbitration
5.30
5.31
5.32
5.33
5.34
5.35
1 No cause for distinguishing in cases of corruption in foreign investment?
5.36
5.37
5.38
F A Note on the Cases Selected for Analysis
5.39
5.40
5.41
5.42
6 The Cases
Preliminary Material
A Cases where Corruption was Outcome-Determinative
1 World Duty Free Company Ltd v. Republic of Kenya (2006)
6.01
6.02
6.03
6.04
6.05
6.06
6.07
a After conclusion of the Agreement—alleged pressure on the investor, corruption of the Kenyan judiciary
6.08
6.09
b Institution of proceedings
6.10
c Kenya’s bribery defence
6.11
d Investor’s response to bribery allegations
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
e Characterization of the payment: cultural norm or bribe?
6.16
6.17
6.18
6.19
f Legal effects of bribery upon the contract
6.20
i International public policy
6.21
6.22
6.23
ii English and Kenyan law
6.24
6.25
6.26
6.27
6.28
g Corruption not attributable to the State
6.29
6.30
h Bribe not severable from the Agreement
6.31
i Balancing corruption against host State misconduct not permitted
6.32
6.33
j Corruption as a complete defence invoked by the host State
6.34
6.35
k Avoidance of the Agreement timely
6.36
l Waiver and affirmation defences of the claimant
6.37
m Restitution
6.38
n Severability
6.39
o Substantive conclusion
6.40
1)
2)
3)
p Costs
6.41
q Final notes
6.42
2 Metal-Tech v. Khazakhstan (ICSID; Award: 2013)
6.43
6.44
6.45
a Uzbekistan’s corruption allegations
6.46
6.47
b Burdens and standards of proof for corruption
6.48
6.49
6.50
6.51
c Analysis of Uzbek and international anti-corruption law
6.52
d The tribunal’s findings on lack of jurisdiction
6.53
6.54
6.55
6.56
6.57
3 Siemens v. Argentina (ICSID; Award: 2007, Annulment and Revision Proceedings discontinued, 2009)
6.58
6.59
6.60
6.61
6.62
6.63
a Final notes
6.64
4 Azpetrol v. Azerbaijan (ICSID, 2009)
6.65
a Commencement of proceedings
6.66
b Corruption allegations
6.67
6.68
6.69
c Post-Award activity
6.70
B Cases where Corruption Allegations did not Prosper
1 Southern Pacific Properties v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID, 1992)
6.71
6.72
6.73
a Proceedings
6.74
b Corruption allegations
6.75
6.76
c Dissenting opinion’s treatment of corruption
6.77
6.78
6.79
6.80
2 Wena Hotels Ltd v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID, 2000)
6.81
6.82
6.83
a ICSID arbitration
6.84
6.85
b Corruption allegations
6.86
6.87
6.88
6.89
3 Tanzania Electric Supply Co. v. Independent Power Tanzania Ltd (ICSID, 2001)
6.90
a Background
6.91
6.92
6.93
b Commencement of proceedings
6.94
6.95
c Corruption allegations
6.96
6.97
6.98
6.99
6.100
d Postscript
6.101
4 Methanex v. United States (UNCITRAL/NAFTA, 3 August 2005)
6.102
6.103
6.104
a Corruption allegations of Methanex
6.105
6.106
6.107
6.108
6.109
6.110
6.111
5 Lucchetti v. Peru (Award: 2005; Decision on Annulment: 2007)
6.112
6.113
6.114
a Arbitral proceedings; Peru’s corruption allegations
6.115
6.116
6.117
6.118
b Annulment proceeding; discussion on corruption allegations
6.119
6.120
6.121
6.122
6.123
6.124
c Dissent of Sir Franklin Berman
6.125
6.126
6.127
6.128
6.129
6.130
6.131
6 Thunderbird v. Mexico (NAFTA/UNCITRAL, 2006)
6.132
6.133
6.134
a On ‘legitimate expectations’
6.135
6.136
6.137
6.138
b On allegations implying corruption
6.139
6.140
6.141
6.142
6.143
6.144
6.145
6.146
6.147
7 F-W Oil Interests v. Trinidad and Tobago (ICSID, 2006)
6.148
6.149
a Corruption allegations
6.150
6.151
6.152
6.153
6.154
6.155
6.156
6.157
8 Inceysa Vallisolentana, S.L. v. Republic of El Salvador (ICSID, 2006)
6.158
6.159
6.160
a Initiation of arbitration
6.161
b Fraud argument
6.162
6.163
6.164
6.165
6.166
c Corruption
6.167
d Costs
6.168
9 Fraport v. Philippines (ICSID; Award dated 16 August 2007; Decision on Annulment dated 23 December 2010)
6.169
6.170
6.171
6.172
a Institution of Arbitration
6.173
6.174
b Anti-Dummy Law allegations
6.175
c Corruption allegations
6.176
6.177
6.178
d Tribunal finding of no jurisdiction
6.179
6.180
6.181
6.182
6.183
6.184
6.185
6.186
6.187
e Timing of the violation of law within the life of the investment
6.188
f Estoppel
6.189
6.190
g Reliance argument
6.191
h Evidentiary standards
6.192
i Tribunal’s conclusion
6.193
6.194
6.195
j Dissenting Opinion
6.196
6.197
6.198
6.199
6.200
6.201
6.202
6.203
k A note on the proceedings
6.204
l Compensation for expropriation in Philippine courts
6.205
m Decision on annulment
6.206
6.207
6.208
6.209
6.210
6.211
6.212
6.213
6.214
6.215
n Postscript
6.216
6.217
6.218
10 African Holding Company of America, INC et Société Africaine de construction au Congo SARL v. République Démocratique du Congo (ICSID; Award, 2008)
6.219
6.220
6.221
6.222
6.223
11 Rumeli Telekom AS & Telsim Mobil Telekomikasyon Hizmetleri AS v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID, 2008)
6.224
6.225
6.226
a Corruption allegations
6.227
6.228
6.229
6.230
12 TSA Spectrum de Argentina SA v. Republic of Argentina (ICSID, 2008)
6.231
6.232
a Institution of arbitration
6.233
b Argentina’s corruption allegations
6.234
6.235
6.236
6.237
6.238
6.239
13 Siag and Vecchi v. The Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID, 2009)
6.240
a Institution of proceedings; substantive allegations
6.241
b Corruption allegations in relation to the procurement of Lebanese nationality
6.242
6.243
c Tribunal’s discussion of the applicable burden and standard of proof
6.244
6.245
6.246
d Discussion of factual basis for corruption allegations
6.247
e Dispositif of the Award
6.248
f Professor Orrego’s dissenting opinion
6.249
g Standard of proof
6.250
h Fact of corruption
6.251
6.252
6.253
6.254
6.255
6.256
14 EDF (Services) Limited v. Romania (ICSID, 2009)
6.257
6.258
a Initiation of proceedings
6.259
b Investor’s corruption allegations
6.260
6.261
6.262
6.263
6.264
6.265
6.266
6.267
6.268
15 RSM v. Grenada (ICSID Annulment Committee, Decision on Application for Preliminary Ruling, 2009); Grynberg et al. v. Grenada (ICSID, 2010)
6.269
6.270
6.271
6.272
6.273
6.274
16 Niko Resources v. Bangladesh, BAPEX, and Petrobangla (ICSID, Decision on Jurisdiction, August 2014)
6.275
6.276
6.277
6.278
6.279
6.280
6.281
6.282
a Legal status of contracts of corruption vs. contracts obtained by corruption
6.283
6.284
b Lack of jurisdiction argument
6.285
6.286
6.287
6.288
6.289
7 Emergent Trends
Preliminary Material
A Introduction
7.01
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
a
b
c
7.02
B Corruption Allegations are Almost Never Outcome-Determinative
7.03
7.04
7.05
7.06
7.07
7.08
7.09
C Corruption is Raised Mostly by Host States as a Complete Defence
7.10
7.11
7.12
7.13
D Investors Sometimes Raise Corruption, Without Success
7.14
7.15
E Who Alleges Corruption Tends to Affect its Treatment by Tribunals
7.16
7.17
7.18
7.19
F Elevated Evidentiary Standards Have Frequently Been Required for Corruption
7.20
7.21
7.22
G Corruption is Sometimes Pursued through Other Means
7.23
7.24
7.25
H Few Tribunals Have Inquired into the Host State’s Prosecution of Corrupt Public Officials
7.26
7.27
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
7.28
I When Corruption Occurs Affects its Legal Consequences
7.29
7.30
7.31
7.32
J Corruption is Alleged Increasingly, with Preclusive Effect
7.33
7.34
Part III Towards a Jurisprudence Constante in Investment Arbitration Decision-Making on Corruption
8 Mere Corruption? On the Reluctance to Decide Corruption Issues
Preliminary Material
A Avoiding Corruption Issues: An Overview
8.01
8.02
8.03
B The Importance of Investment Arbitration Decisions in the Progressive Development of International Law
8.04
8.05
8.06
8.07
8.08
8.09
C Mere Corruption? Understanding the Scarcity of Corruption-Related Arbitral Reasoning
8.10
8.11
8.12
8.13
8.14
8.15
8.16
8.17
8.18
8.19
8.20
8.21
8.22
8.23
8.24
8.25
8.26
8.27
8.28
8.29
D The Reasons Requirement and Operational Codes in Investment Arbitration Decision-making on Corruption
8.30
8.31
8.32
8.33
8.34
8.35
8.36
8.37
8.38
9 Proving Corruption
Preliminary Material
A Introduction: The Difficulty of Proving Corruption
9.01
9.02
9.03
B Tribunals as Inquisitors? The Duty to Pursue Corruption Allegations
9.04
9.05
9.06
9.07
C Burdens of Proof, Presumptions, Inferences, and ‘Red Flags’
9.08
9.09
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
D Standards of Proof
9.15
9.16
9.17
9.18
9.19
9.20
9.21
9.22
9.23
9.24
9.25
9.26
10 State Responsibility for Corruption: The Attribution Asymmetry
Preliminary Material
A Introduction: The Bilateral Nature of Corruption, International Law and State Responsibility
10.01
10.02
10.03
10.04
10.05
10.06
10.07
10.08
B State Responsibility in International Investment Arbitration
10.09
10.10
10.11
1 Application to non-State entities such as investors
10.12
10.13
10.14
2 Investment as a ‘sub-system’ of State responsibility
10.15
10.16
10.17
3 State responsibility vs. individual responsibility
10.18
C The Salient Investment Arbitration Decisions: An Analysis
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
10.23
10.24
10.25
10.26
10.27
10.28
10.29
10.30
10.31
10.32
10.33
D State Responsibility and Transnational Corruption
10.34
10.35
10.36
10.37
10.38
1 The framework of State responsibility
10.39
10.40
a Elements of an internationally wrongful act of a State
10.41
(i)
(ii)
10.42
10.43
10.44
b Attribution in cases of corruption
10.45
10.46
10.47
10.48
2 Corruption and attribution under the law of State responsibility
10.49
10.50
10.51
10.52
10.53
10.54
10.55
10.56
10.57
10.58
10.59
10.60
10.61
10.62
3 Corruption as a ‘breach of an international obligation of the State’
10.63
10.64
10.65
10.66
10.67
10.68
10.69
10.70
4 Situational responsibility: the critical roles of consent, waiver, and acquiescence
10.71
a Consent
10.72
10.73
10.74
10.75
10.76
10.77
10.78
b Waiver and acquiescence
10.79
c Loss of the right to invoke responsibility
10.80
(a)
(b)
10.81
10.82
10.83
d Waiver
10.84
e Acquiescence
10.85
10.86
10.87
10.88
10.89
10.90
f Acquiescence and the duty to prosecute corruption
10.91
10.92
E Conclusion: Principles on State Responsibility for Corruption
10.93
10.94
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
10.95
10.96
10.97
10.98
10.99
10.100
10.101
10.102
10.103
10.104
10.105
10.106
10.107
10.108
11 Concluding Chapter: Legal and Policy Tensions Underlying Anti-Corruption Decision-making
Preliminary Material
A The Scope of Arbitral Decision-making on Corruption
11.01
11.02
11.03
11.04
11.05
11.06
11.07
11.08
11.09
B Competing Policy Goals
1 Investor protection, arbitration, and good governance
11.10
11.11
11.12
11.13
11.14
2 Interface with anti-corruption norms
11.15
11.16
11.17
11.18
11.19
11.20
11.21
11.22
3 The potential and limitations of economic development as a unifying policy concern
11.23
11.24
11.25
11.26
4 Economic development and ‘interstitial norms’
11.27
11.28
11.29
11.30
11.31
11.32
11.33
11.34
11.35
C Distinguishing Political Risk from Economic Risk
11.36
11.37
11.38
11.39
11.40
11.41
11.42
11.43
11.44
11.45
11.46
11.47
11.48
11.49
11.50
11.51
11.52
11.53
11.54
Further Material
Appendix Key Attributes of Corruption-Related Investment Arbitration Decisions
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Corruption in International Investment Arbitration
Aloysius P Llamzon
Content type:
Book content
Product:
Investment Claims [IC]
Series:
Oxford International Arbitration Series
Published in print:
01 September 2014
ISBN:
9780198714262
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