Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (Pty) Limited, and Stirling Capital Limited v. Republic of Kenya

• LORENZO COTULA ^[1] ; JAMES T. GATHII
  1. [1] International Institute for Environment and Development

     International Institute for Environment and Development

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: American Journal of International Law, ISSN 0002-9300, Vol. 113, Nº 3, 2019, págs. 574-581
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In Cortec v. Kenya, an investor-state arbitral tribunal established under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) held it lacked jurisdiction to hear a dispute concerning a mining project that the tribunal found did not comply with domestic environmental law. The award raises significant issues of public international law, including how questions of investor compliance are considered in investor-state dispute settlement and the legal implications of investor noncompliance. The issues resonate with wider debates about balancing investor rights and obligations in the international investment regime.