刍论ICSID仲裁庭对“投资”的界定

《解决国家与他国国民间投资争端公约》的缔结历史表明,长期的协商和谈判并未促成缔约国间就投资一词的含义达成统一意见。同时,由于ICSID仲裁庭的组成依个案而不同,对于投资的界定每个仲裁庭的方法也并不完全相同。根据ICSID仲裁庭过去的判例,仲裁庭主要依据两种方法对投资进行界定。ICSID仲裁庭应当在充分地尊重缔约国因接受ICSID仲裁体制所让渡的主权权利的基础上,严格地解释《解决国家与他国国民间投资争端公约》及双边投资保护条约中投资的含义。因此,笔者认为确有必要改进仲裁庭根据《维也纳条约法公约》界定投资的方法。

Preliminary Discussion on ICSID Tribunals' Interpretation ofInvestment

The history of the ICSID Convention indicates that after a long period of negotiations, Contracting States could hardly reach an agreement on the definition of investment in it.Moreover, ICSID tribunals' methodologies are quite different in interpreting investment,because tribunals' composition varies from case to case.In accordance with ICSID tribunals' case law,they mainly rely on two methodologies of interpreting investment.On the base of respecting partial sovereignty alienated by Contracting States f...