The multilateral reform negotiations in UNCITRAL Working Group III have been ongoing for a few years and are probably approaching their conclusion. With this Conference, the Academic Forum aims to explore the outcomes and future of reform of ISDS. Interested academics (including PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers), practitioners, and policymakers are invited to submit their paper abstracts. There is no requirement of membership of the Academic Forum.
This is an open call which welcomes all viewpoints. We encourage submissions focused on all aspects of reform, including achievements to date, future directions and post-reform implications. While ISDS should be a component of any submission, we also welcome broader pieces on investment law and the role of ISDS within international economic law more generally.
While this is an open call, submissions that consider topics currently under discussion in Working Group III are especially welcome, with relevant topics including but not limited to: third party funding and other procedural and cross-cutting issues discussed in WP. 244 and WP. 245; treaty law issues related to a multilateral instrument as envisioned in WP. 246; dispute prevention and related topics discussed in WP.235; design considerations related to a standing mechanism or appellate mechanism, as discussed in WP. 239 and WP. 240.