Convention on the settlement of investment disputes between States and nationals of other States

• Coming into Force: 14 October 1966
• Citation: UNTS v. 575 (p.159)
• Registration Number: 8359
• Date of Conclusion: 18 March 1965
• Registration Date: 17 October 1966
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Subject Terms: Legal matters,Investments,Dispute settlement
• Participants: Afganistán,Albania,Argelia,Argentina,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaiján,Bahamas,Bahrein,Bangladesh,Barbados,Bielorrusia,Bélgica,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Botswana,Bulgaria,Burundi,Camboya,Camerún,Central African Republic,Ceylon,Chad,Chile,Colombia,Comoros,Congo (Brazzaville),Costa Rica,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dahomey,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Dinamarca,Egipto,El Salvador,Estonia,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Federation of Malaya,Fiji,Finlandia,France,Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Ghana,Greece,Grenada,Guatemala,Guinea,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,Indonesia,International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,Ireland,Italia,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japón,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mauritius,Micronesia (Federated States of),Mongolia,Morocco,Mozambique,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Noruega,Oman,Pakistán,Panamá,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Philippines,Portugal,Republic of China,Republic of Korea,Rwanda,Samoa,Senegal,Serbia,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,Solomon Islands,Somalia,España,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Lucia,St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Sudan,Swaziland,Suecia,Suiza,Syrian Arab Republic,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Togo,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turquia,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Upper Volta,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Yemen,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zambia,Zimbabwe

No.

8359

AFGHANISTAN,

AUSTRIA,

BELGIUM,

CAMEROON,

CENTRAL

AFRICAN

REPUBLIC,

etc.

Convention

on

the

settlement

of

investment

disputes

between

States

and

nationals

of

other

States.

Opened

for

signature

at

Washington,

on

18

March

1965

Official

texts:

English,

French

and

Spanish.

Registered

by

the

International

Bank

jor

Reconstruction

and

Development

on

17

October

1966.

AFGHANISTAN,

AUTRICHE,

BELGIQUE,

CAMEROUN,

RÉPUBLIQUE

CENTRAFRICAINE,

etc.

Convention

pour

le

règlement

des

différends

relatifs

aux

investissements

entre

États

et

ressortissants

d'autres

États.

Ouverte

à

la

signature

à

Washington,

le

18

mars

1965

Textes

officiels

anglais,

français

et

espagnol.

Enregistrée

par

la

Banque

internationale

pour

la

reconstruction

et

le

dévelop

pement

le

17

octobre

1966.

160

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

1966

No.

8359.

CONVENTION

1

ON

THE

SETTLEMENT

OF

IN

VESTMENT

DISPUTES

BETWEEN

STATES

AND

NATIONALS

OF

OTHER

STATES.

OPENED FOR

SIGNATURE

AT

WASHINGTON,

ON

18

MARCH

1965

PREAMBLE

The

Contracting

States

Considering

the

need

for

international

cooperation

for

economic

develop

ment,

and

the

role

of

private

international

investment

therein

;

Bearing

in

mind

the

possibility

that

from

time

to

time disputes

may

arise in

connection

with

such

investment

between

Contracting

States

and

nationals

of

other

Contracting

States

;

Recognizing

that

while

such

disputes

would

usually

be

subject

to

national

legal

processes,

international

methods

of

settlement

may

be

appropriate

in

certain

cases

;

Attaching

particular

importance

to

the

availability

of

facilities

for

international

conciliation

or

arbitration

to

which

Contracting

States

and

nationals

of

other

Contracting

States

may

submit

such

disputes

if

they

so

desire

;

Desiring

to

establish

such

facilities

under the

auspices

of

the

International

Bank

for

Reconstruction

and

Development

;

1

In

accordance

with

article

68

(2),

the

Convention

came

into

force

on

14

October

1966,

thirty

days

after

the

date

of

deposit

of

the

twentieth

instrument

of

ratification,

in

respect

of

the

following

States

on

behalf

of

which

the

instruments

of

ratification

were

deposited

with

the

International

Bank

for

Reconstruction

and

Development

on

the

dates

indicated

:

State

Date

of

deposit

Nigeria

.........

23

August

1965

Mauritania

.......

11

January

1966

Ivory

Coast

.......

16

February

1966

Central

African

Republic

.

23

February

1966

State

Gabon

.........

4

April

Uganda

........

7

June

United

States

of

America

.

10

June

Tunisia

.........

22

June

Congo

(Brazzaville)

...

23

June

Ghana

.........

13

July

Date

of

deposit

1966

1966

1966

1966

1966

1966

Iceland

........

25

July

Sierra

Leone

......

2

August

Malaysia

.......

8

August

Malawi

........

23

August

1966

Chad

.........

29

August

1966

Upper

Volta

......

29

August

1966

Malagasy

Republic

...

6

September

1966

1966

Dahomey

.......

6

September

1966

1966

Jamaica

........

9

September

1966

1966

Netherlands

(for

the

King

dom

in

Europe)

...

14

September

1966

The

Convention

came

into

force

for

Pakistan

on

15

October

1966,

thirty

days

after

the

deposit,

on

15

September

1966,

of

its

instrument

of

ratification.