Investor Presentaiton
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The number of investment disputes continues to rise. In 2012,
the number of known treaty-based ISDS cases grew by 58, bringing
the total known number of treaty-based cases to 514 at the end of
that year. This constitutes the highest number of known treaty-
based disputes ever filed in one year, with the general trend being
30-40 new cases annually since 2002 (figure 1). This is not
altogether surprising given the large number of BITS now in force
that provide for ISDS.
Figure 1. Known ISDS cases (cumulative, as of end 2012)
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Developing countries continue to be the most frequent
respondents in cases submitted to arbitration under IIAS, but
States FTA (2004), the Japan-Philippines EPA (2006) and the Australia-
Malaysia FTA (2011).
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