Thanks to Völkerrechtsblog for publishing my thoughts on the reasons for the delay in modernising the #ECT and the unintended consequences of that delay.

I wrote a brief blogpost for KluwerArbitraton-Blog on some procedural aspects concerning the recent modernisation of #EnergyCharterTreaty. Thanks to Ajoo Kim and Maria Fanou for publishing the piece. arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2024/12/30/the…

Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium and Lithuania have notified the ECT Secretariat that they will not provisionally apply the modernised #EnergyCharterTreaty (#ECT)

Japan also notified the ECT Secretariat that it cannot apply the #ECT provisionally. #EnergyCharterTreaty energycharter.org/media/news/art…

Looking forward to the ESIL-SEDI ESIL Research Forum in Catania ("International Law in the Age of Permacrisis") where I will give a presentation on impartiality in international dispute settlement in times of permacrisis. #ESILRF2025

On Tuesday I will be discussing investment arbitration under the modernised Energy Charter Treaty at the #YAAP #LunchtalkRoundtable at Baker McKenzie in Vienna. For those in Vienna who are interested in the topic, please register to attend the roundtable: yaap.at/index.php?opti…

1/4 "State Silence Across International Law" IS OUT! Order a copy: global.oup.com/academic/produ… or access it online: academic.oup.com/book/59960?log… StateSilence European Research Council (ERC) Oxford Academic UCL Faculty of Laws NYU J. Int'l Law & Politics Harvard Law School CIJ_ICJ

Commission refers Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union for contradicting the Union's position on intra-EU arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…