友好仲裁在国际经济争端解决机制中的运用(上)

作为解决国际经济争端的一种机制,友好仲裁有其独特的意义。据此,仲裁庭在当事人授权后可以依据公平善良原则裁断争议,从而实现当事人正当的公平期望与效率价值期望。因而友好仲裁在仲裁发达的各国法规中均有规定。1965年《华盛顿公约》对一国与他国国民之间因投资而引发的法律争端的解决机制中也明确地规定了友好仲裁。当然,由于国际社会还没有公平善良原则的客观标准,且目前国际社会还是倾向于保护投资和投资者,不利于发展中国家的利益保护,因而在授权仲裁庭友好仲裁时,发展中国家还须持谨慎的态度。

The Use of Amiable Composition for the Settlement of International Economic Disputes

Amiable Composition has special values for the settlement of international economic disputes,which achieves the parties'proper expectation of fairness and efficiency by allowing the arbitral tribunal to decide the dispute ex aequo et bono if the parties so agree,and thus it is adopted by the states who have modern arbitration systems.The Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States(1965)adopted Amiable Composition definitely,in which article 42(3)provides"The provisions of paragraphs(1)and(2)shall not Prejudice the power of the tribunal to decide a dispute ex aequo et bono if the parties so agree."But,because there is no objective definition for ex aequo et bono,and the international tendency is to protect the investors and investment order,the developing party of ICSID must maintain a cautious attitude to allow the tribunal to decide the dispute ex aequo et bono.