Decisions on Disqualification
Case name | Language of decision | date of decision | outcome | ||||
| Amco Asia Corporation and others v. Republic of Indonesia (ICSID Case No. ARB/81/1) | English | June 24, 1982 | Declined | ||||
| Compañia de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Vivendi Universal v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3) - Annulment Proceeding | English & Spanish | October 3, 2001 | Declined | ||||
| Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) | English | February 21, 2006 | Upheld | ||||
| Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) - Resubmission/Rectification Proceeding | English & French | February 21, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| Víctor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/98/2) - Resubmission/Rectification Proceeding | English & French | April 13, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| Philippe Gruslin v. Malaysia (ICSID Case No. ARB/99/3) | English | April 27, 2000 | Declined | ||||
| Zhinvali Development Ltd. v. Republic of Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/00/1) | English | January 19, 2001 | Declined | ||||
| Generation Ukraine Inc. v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/00/9) | English | July 5, 2001 | Declined | ||||
| Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12) | English & Spanish | February 25, 2005 | Declined | ||||
| SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/13) | English | December 19, 2002 | Declined | ||||
| Siemens A.G. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/8) | English | April 15, 2005 | Declined | ||||
| Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/16) | English | June 5, 2007 | Declined | ||||
| AES Corporation v Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/02/17) | English | April 6, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17) | English & Spanish | October 22, 2007 | Declined | ||||
| Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/17) | English | May 12, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19) | English & Spanish | October 22, 2007 | Declined | ||||
| Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/19) | English | May 12, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23) | English | June 25, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/23) - Annulment Proceeding | English & Spanish | November 20, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Total S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/1) – Annulment Proceeding | Spanish | August 26, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Mobil Exploration and Development Inc. Suc. Argentina and Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/16) | English | June 4, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Saipem S.p.A. v. People's Republic of Bangladesh (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/7) | English | October 11, 2005 | Declined | ||||
| Asset Recovery Trust S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/11) | Spanish | November 27, 2006 | Declined | ||||
| Quiborax S.A., Non-Metallic Minerals S.A. & Allan Fosk Kaplún v. Plurinational State of Bolivia (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/2) | English & Spanish | July 6, 2010 | Declined | ||||
| Joseph C. Lemire v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/18) | English | September 23, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| Nations Energy, Inc. and others v. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/19) - Annulment Proceeding | Spanish | September 7, 2011 | Declined | ||||
| Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5) | English | December 21, 2011 | Declined | ||||
| Abaclat and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/5) | English & Spanish | February 4, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| Alpha Projektholding GmbH v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/16) | English | March 19, 2010 | Declined | ||||
| Electrabel S.A. v. Republic of Hungary (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/19) | English | February 25, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| Saba Fakes v. Republic of Turkey (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/20) | English | April 28, 2008 | Declined | ||||
| Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Biskaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/26) | English & Spanish | August 12, 2010 | Declined | ||||
| Venezuela Holdings B.V. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27) – Resubmission Proceeding | English | August 23, 2021 | Declined | ||||
| Venezuela Holdings, B.V. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27) – Resubmission Proceeding | English | November 10, 2021 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English | February 27, 2012 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English & Spanish | May 5, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English & Spanish | July 1, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English | December 15, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English | March 15, 2016 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) | English | July 26, 2016 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) – Annulment Proceeding | English | July 23, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/30) – Annulment Proceeding | English | September 27, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5) | English | December 13, 2013 | Upheld | ||||
| CEMEX Caracas Investments B.V. and CEMEX Caracas II Investments B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/15) | English & Spanish | November 6, 2009 | Declined | ||||
| Participaciones Inversiones Portuarias (PIP) SARL v. Republic of Gabon (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/17) | French | November 12, 2009 | Declined | ||||
| Carnegie Minerals Gambia Limited v. Republic of The Gambia (ICSID Case No. ARB/09/19) | English | May 17, 2011 | Declined | ||||
| Tidewater Inc. and others v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/5) | English | December 23, 2010 | Declined | ||||
| Universal Compression International Holdings, S.L.U. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/9 ) | English | May 20, 2011 | Declined | ||||
| Opic Karimun Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/14) | English & Spanish | May 5, 2011 | Declined | ||||
| İçkale İnşaat Limited Şirketi v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/10/24) | English | July 11, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| Longreef Investment A.V.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/5) | English & Spanish | January 24, 2012 | Declined | ||||
| Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19) | English | February 24, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19) | English | April 30, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/25) - Annulment Proceeding | English | March 9, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Getma International and others v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/29) | French | June 28, 2012 | Declined | ||||
| Tethyan Copper Company Pty Limited v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/1) | English | February 5, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Rusoro Mining Ltd v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/12/5) | English & Spanish | June 14, 2013 | Declined | ||||
| Muhammet Çap & Sehil Inşaat Endustri ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti. v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/6) | English | March 16, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| RSM Production Corporation v. Saint Lucia (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/10) | English | October 23, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12) | English | March 6, 2019 | Declined | ||||
| Vattenfall AB and others v. Federal Republic of Germany (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12) | English | July 8, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/13) | English & Spanish | February 27, 2013 | Declined | ||||
| Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20) | English | November 12, 2013 | Upheld | ||||
| Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20) - Annulment Proceeding | Spanish | March 2, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) | English & Spanish | June 16, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) | English & Spanish | March 28, 2016 | Declined | ||||
| Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) | English & Spanish | September 12, 2016 | Declined | ||||
| Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) | English | May 5, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| Transban Investments Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/24) | English | May 13, 2014 | Declined | ||||
| Repsol, S.A. and Repsol Butano, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/38) | Spanish | December 13, 2013 | Declined | ||||
| Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Devincci Salah Hourani v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/13) | English | March 20, 2014 | Upheld | ||||
| Interocean Oil Development Company and Interocean Oil Exploration Company v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/20) | English | October 3, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| CEAC Holdings Limited v. Montenegro (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/8) | English | June 12, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Highbury International AVV, Compañía Minera de Bajo Caroní AVV, and Ramstein Trading Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/10) | Spanish | June 9, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| BSG Resources Limited, BSG Resources (Guinea) Limited and BSG Resources (Guinea) SÀRL v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/22) | English & French | December 28, 2016 | Declined | ||||
| Alpiq AG v. Romania (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/28) | English | June 1, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| STEAG GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/4) | English | September 11, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Aktau Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. and Som Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/8) | English | November 9, 2015 | Declined | ||||
| Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23) | English | March 16, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Mathias Kruck and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/23) | English | May 17, 2019 | Declined | ||||
| KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25) | English | April 30, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| KS Invest GmbH and TLS Invest GmbH v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/25) | English | May 15, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| JGC Holdings Corporation (formerly JGC Corporation) v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/27) | English | July 14, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| JGC Holdings Corporation (formerly JGC Corporation) v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/27) – Annulment Proceeding | English | August 22, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Hydro Energy 1 S.à r.l. and Hydroxana Sweden AB v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/42) | English & Spanish | February 17, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Hydro S.r.l. and others v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/28) - Revision Proceeding | English | December 1, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45 | English | October 8, 2019 | Declined | ||||
| Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45 | English | December 15, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Attila Doğan Construction & Installation Co. Inc. v. Sultanate of Oman (ARB/16/7) - Annulment Proceeding | March 6, 2024 | Declined | |||||
| Italba Corporation v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay (ARB/16/9) - Annulment Proceeding | English | October 29, 2019 | Declined | ||||
| Iskandar Safa and Akram Safa v. Hellenic Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/20) | English | March 7, 2017 | Declined | ||||
| Eugene Kazmin v. Republic of Latvia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/5) | English | October 14, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Big Sky Energy Corporation v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/22) | English | May 3, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Elitech B.V. and Razvoj Golf D.O.O. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/32) | English | April 23, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/34) | English | May 17, 2018 | Declined | ||||
| AS PNB Banka and others v. Republic of Latvia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/47) | English | June 16, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Dick Fernando Abanto Ishivata v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/18/6) | Spanish | September 1, 2020 | n/a | ||||
| Canepa Green Energy Opportunities I, S.á r.l. and Canepa Green Energy Opportunities II, S.á r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/4) | English & Spanish | November 19, 2019 | Declined | ||||
| Canepa Green Energy Opportunities I, S.á r.l. and Canepa Green Energy Opportunities II, S.á r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/4) | English & Spanish | February 17, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Petroceltic Holdings Limited and Petroceltic Resources Limited v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/7) | English | June 4, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Ayat Nizar Raja Sumrain and others v. State of Kuwait (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/20) | English | January 2, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Sapec, S.A. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/23) | English | June 25, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Orazul International España Holdings S.L. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/25) | English | September 11, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| VM Solar Jerez GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30) | English | July 24, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| VM Solar Jerez GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30) | English | October 18, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| VM Solar Jerez GmbH and others v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30) | English | October 18, 2024 | Declined | ||||
| Eiser Infrastructure Limited and Energía Solar Luxembourg S.à r.l. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/36) | English | April 27, 2021 | Declined | ||||
| Hope Services LLC c. Republic of Cameroon (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/2) | French | August 21, 2020 | Declined | ||||
| Bob Meijer v. Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/28) | English | July 15, 2021 | Declined | ||||
| Shell Petroleum N.V. and The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/7) | English | March 10, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Optima Ventures LLC, Optima 7171 LLC and Optima 55 Public Square LLC v. United States of America (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/11) | English | December 20, 2022 | Upheld | ||||
| Misen Energy AB (publ) and Misen Enterprises AB v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/15) | English | April 15, 2022 | Declined | ||||
| Imeks Insaat Makina Elektrik Konstrüksiyon Sanayi Limited Sirketi v. Turkmenistan (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/23) | English | October 31, 2023 | Upheld | ||||
| Honduras Próspera Inc., St. John’s Bay Development Company LLC, and Próspera Arbitration Center LLC v. Honduras (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/2) | English | July 15, 2024 | Declined | ||||
| Suntech Power International Ltd. v. Italian Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/14) | English | August 19, 2024 | Upheld | ||||
| Silver Bull Resources, Inc v. United Mexican States (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/24) | English | October 21, 2024 | Declined | ||||
| ABH Holdings S.A. v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/1) | English | July 15, 2024 | Declined |