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ICSID in Africa –Institutional Perspective
IBA Conference“Mergers, Acquisitions and Inward Investment in Africa”
Lagos, Nigeria
Meg KinnearSecretary-General
November 8, 2013
ICSID MEMBERSHIP
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AFRICAN CONTRACTING
STATES
Growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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FDI in high-income and developing economies, 1970-2009
Growth of FDI in Africa
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Inward FDI in Africa, 1980-2012
Source: UNCTADStat
Trends of BITS, DTTs, and “other IIAs”2000-2010
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PROFILE OF ICSID CASELOAD
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ICSID Convention Arbitration Cases ICSID Convention Conciliation Cases
ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Cases ICSID Additional Facility Conciliation Cases
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASES
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South America28%
Central Amer-ica & the Car-
ribean6%
North America (Canada, Mexico & U.S.)5%
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
24%
Western Europe2%
Africa 23% - 7% North Africa & 16% sub-Saha-
ran Africa
Middle East3%South & East Asia & the Pacific
9%
AFRICA PARTIES IN ICSID PROCEEDINGS
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Egypt, Arab Republic ofCongo, Democratic Republic of
Algeria Guinea
CameroonCongo, Republic of
GabonTanzania
TunisiaBurundi
Central African RepublicEquatorial Guinea
LiberiaMorocco
Nigeria Zimbabwe
Côte d'Ivoire Gambia, The
Ghana Mali
Niger Senegal
TogoUganda
MadagascarBurkina Faso
KenyaRwanda
South AfricaSouth Sudan
Seychelles
0 5 10 15 20 25
229
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Number of Cases
CASES INVOLVING NIGERIA
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Case Name Date Registered
Subject Matter BIT, Law or Contract
Outcome
Interocean Oil Development Co. & Interocean Oil Exploration Co. v. Nigeria(ARB/13/20)
9 September 2013
Oil exploration & production joint venture
Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Act
Pending
Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep v. Nigeria(ARB/07/18)
26 July 2007 Hydrocarbon concession
Nigeria-Netherlands BIT
Settled & discontinued
Guadalupe Gas Products Corp. v. Nigeria(ARB/78/1)
20 March 1978 Production & marketing of liquefied natural gas
Contract between Parties
Settlement embodied in Award of 22 July 1980
BASIS OF CONSENT – OVERALL
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ASEAN Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
0.5%
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
65.0%
Dominican Republic-United States-Central America Free Trade
Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
1.0%
Investment Contract between the Investor
and the Host-State19.0%
Investment Law of the Host-State
7.0%
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)3.0%
Agreement between the United States of
America and the Sul-tanate of Oman on the
Establishment of a Free Trade Area (Oman-U.S. FTA)
0.5%
Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)4.0%
BASIS OF CONSENT – AFRICAN PARTIES
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Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
42.6%
Investment Contract between
the Investor and the
Host-State45.4%
Investment Law of the Host-State
12.0%
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ECONOMIC SECTORS – OVERALLFinance
14%Information &
Communication5%
Agriculture, Fish-ing & Forestry
5%
Oil, Gas & Min-ing
26%
Electric Power & Other Energy
5%
Water, Sanitation & Flood Protec-tion5%
Construction7%
Tourism5%
Other Industry19%
Transportation9%
Services & Trade2%
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ECONOMIC SECTORS – AFRICA
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Finance2%
Information & Commu-
nication2%
Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry
7%Oil, Gas & Mining
34%
Electric Power &
Other Energy
5%
Water, San-itation &
Flood Pro-tection
6%Construc-
tion9%Tourism
8%
Other Industry
13%
Transporta-tion9%
Services & Trade
5%
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES?
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Arbitration Proceedings under the ICSID Convention and Additional Facility Rules - Overall
Dispute decided by
Tribunal63%
Dispute set-tled or pro-
ceeding otherwise discontin-
ued37%
Disputes Decided by Arbitral Tribunals under the ICSID Convention and Additional Facility Rules - Overall
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Award deciding that the claims are mani-festly without legal
merit*1%
Award declining jurisdiction
23%
Award dismissing all claims30%
Award upholding claims in part or in full47%
Disputes Decided by Arbitral Tribunals under the ICSID Convention and Additional Facility Rules – Africa specific
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Award declining jurisdiction
14%
Award dismissing all claims29%
Award upholding claims in part or in
full57%
Special Features of ICSID Convention Arbitration
• Impartial and delocalized facility• Immunities for participants• Secretariat expertise• Cost-effective fee structure• Access to hearing facilities internationally• Transparent proceedings available
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Special Features of ICSID Convention - Awards
• Awards final & binding – no appeal in local courts
• Member States must recognize monetary awards without further process
• Monetary awards enforceable as a final judgment in any Contracting State
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