In the first half of 2020, 17 Member States nominated 70 individuals to ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators and of Conciliators.
Panel members are vital to the effective functioning of the international investment dispute settlement system. For example, appointments to annulment committees must be made by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council from the Panel of Arbitrators.
With over 638 designees, the Panels also provide a diverse and qualified pool of arbitrators and conciliators for parties to consider when making appointments in ICSID cases.
Each ICSID Member State may designate up to four persons—of any nationality—to each Panel. In addition, up to ten persons may be designated by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council. Each designee normally serves for a renewable six-year term.
From January 1 to June 30, 2020, designations to the ICSID Panels were made by the governments of Armenia, Bahamas, Chad, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Kuwait, Latvia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, and Sweden.
The names of these designees and the effective dates of their terms in office are listed below.
The complete list of the members of the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators is updated on a regular basis and can be found here.
ARMENIA
Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective January 24, 2020:
Grant Hanessian, Levon Gevorgyan
Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 24, 2020:
Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Thomas J. Samuelian
BAHAMAS
Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 15, 2020:
Bertha Cooper-Rousseau, Caryl Lashley, Rubie Nottage
CHAD
Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Designations effective April 22, 2020:
Mbaigangnon Athanase, Stephane Broquet, Victoire Kolingar-Lhermenier, Yenan Timothee
GEORGIA
Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Redesignation effective February 27, 2020:
Paul Friedland
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective February 27, 2020:
Rolf Knieper, Brigitte Stern
GREECE
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignation effective February 4, 2020:
Chariton Harry Kyriazis
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Zoe Giannopoulou, Lazaros Panourgias, Aphrodite Vassardani
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Nikolas Kanellopoulos, Glykeria Sioutis, Ioannis Vassardanis, Dimitris Ziouvas
GUATEMALA
Panel of Arbitrators
Designation effective June 25, 2020:
Julio Roberto Bermejo Quiñonez*
HUNGARY
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective May 11, 2020:
David Kohegyi, Andras Nemescsoi
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective May 11, 2020:
Janos Martonyi, Attila Menyhard
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective May 11, 2020:
Csongor Istvan Nagy, Katalin Raffai, Csaba Rusznak, Reka Somssich
IRELAND
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective January 22, 2020:
Louise Reilly, Patrick Leonard
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignations effective January 22, 2020:
Colm Ó Hoisín, James Bridgeman
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective January 22, 2020:
Susan Ahern, Klaus Reichert
Panel of Conciliators
Redesignations effective January 22, 2020:
Ercus Stewart, Patricia Moran
KUWAIT
Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Designations effective February 10, 2020:
Ahmed Ghazi Al Abduljaleel, Shahad Khaled Al Muhaini*, Abeer Sahib A. Al Rasheed*
LATVIA
Panels of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Redesignations effective February 24, 2020:
Inga Kačevska, Eva Kalniņa, Mārtiņš Paparinskis, Ziedonis Ūdris
MADAGASCAR
Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designations effective June 2, 2020:
Lalaoniaina Odile Andrianarisoa, Raphael Jakoba, Josiane Marie Chantal Razafinarivo, Rivoniaina Razafindrakoto
MONGOLIA
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 12, 2020:
Michael D. Nolan
MOZAMBIQUE
Panels of Arbitrator and Conciliators
Designation effective January 24, 2020:
Angelo Matusse*
SIERRA LEONE
Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators
Designation effective January 20, 2020:
Patrick Pearsall
SOMALIA
Panel of Conciliators
Designation effective May 6, 2020:
Guled Yusuf
SPAIN
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Deva Villanua Gomez, Manuel Conthe Gutierrez, Antonio Hierro Hernandez-Mora, Carmen Nunez-Lagos y Garcia-Bellido
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective February 4, 2020:
Katia Fach Gomez, Javier Fernandez Samaniego, Gonzalo Stampa Casas, Mercedes Tarrazon Radon
SWEDEN
Panel of Arbitrators
Redesignation effective March 11, 2020:
Kaj Hobér
Panel of Arbitrators
Designations effective March 11, 2020:
Christer Danielsson, Jakob Ragnwaldh, Johan Sidklev
Panel of Conciliators
Designations effective March 11, 2020:
Charlotta Falkman, Therese Isaksson, Aisha Nadar, Eric M. Runesson
* Pending acceptance