Issue of Attribution in International Investment Disputes - The ICSID Hamester Case
Issue of Attribution in International Investment Disputes - The ICSID Hamester Case

Author(s): Marko Surkoš
Subject(s): International Law, Commercial Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Attribution; Customary International Law; International Investment Dispute; State Responsibility;
Summary/Abstract: In the field of foreign investment, matters of state responsibility and attribution play a very important role. This article addresses the attribution issues of state responsibility in an investment dispute case under International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) - Gustav F W Hamester GmbH & Co KG v. Republic of Ghana. Research within this article focuses on summarizing the key elements of attribution relating to state responsibility within the work of the International Law Commission (ILC) and tries to give an overview of the investment case and author’s opinion and conclusions on the legal arguments presented in the final decision, relating to attribution.

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