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Claims by Dual Nationals under Investment Treaties: Are Investors Entitled to Sue Their Own States?
Garcia Olmedo, Javier
2017In Journal of International Dispute Settlement
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Keywords :
dual nationality; international investment law; diplomatic protection
Abstract :
[en] Nationality plays a vital role in the field of investor-state arbitration. Most investment treaties require that, to benefit from treaty protection, an investor must be a national of the home state. Yet, the determination of nationality for investment treaty purposes can be particularly complex, raising a number of unresolved questions of considerable practical importance. One of these questions is whether investors who hold the nationality of both state parties to an investment treaty (i.e. dual nationals) are entitled to sue their own home state where the treaty is silent on the issue of dual nationality. This contribution contends that, when faced with a claim of this nature, arbitral tribunals should apply the well-established customary rule of dominant and effective nationality, and uphold jurisdiction only if the investor maintains a stronger connection with its home state.
Disciplines :
European & international law
Author, co-author :
Garcia Olmedo, Javier ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Law (DL)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Claims by Dual Nationals under Investment Treaties: Are Investors Entitled to Sue Their Own States?
Publication date :
20 October 2017
Journal title :
Journal of International Dispute Settlement
ISSN :
2040-3593
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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