Investment treaties
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Investment treaties
The treaties under which the cases in the database were brought: 84 bilateral investment treaties and 7 multilateral agreements, covering 171 cases. Each treaty page lists its cases, the tribunals and the outcomes, and links to the treaty text.
Multilateral agreements
- Energy Charter Treaty 33 cases
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Chapter 11 17 cases
- Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), Chapter 10 7 cases
- Investment contracts and national investment laws (no treaty) 4 cases
- ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement 1 case
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) 1 case
- OIC Agreement for the Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments 1 case
Bilateral investment treaties · by number of cases
- Russia–Ukraine BIT 4
- Argentina–Italy BIT 3
- Barbados–Venezuela BIT 3
- Canada–Panama BIT 3
- Canada–Peru BIT 3
- Peru–United States BIT 3
- Argentina–Spain BIT 2
- Argentina–United States BIT 2
- Canada–Colombia BIT 2
- Canada–Russia BIT 2
- Costa Rica–Venezuela BIT 2
- Cyprus–Israel BIT 2
- Germany–India BIT 2
- Mauritius–Tanzania BIT 2
- Panama–Spain BIT 2
- Spain–Venezuela BIT 2
- Angola–Portugal BIT 1
- Argentina–Malaysia BIT 1
- Argentina–Peru BIT 1
- Armenia–Cyprus BIT 1
- Armenia–France BIT 1
- Australia–Philippines BIT 1
- Austria–Ukraine BIT 1
- Azerbaijan–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Bahrain–Malaysia BIT 1
- Bangladesh–Singapore BIT 1
- Belgium–Luxembourg–Korea BIT (2011) 1
- Belgium–Luxembourg–Luxembourg BIT 1
- Bolivia–Spain BIT 1
- Bolivia–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Bulgaria–Romania BIT 1
- Burkina Faso–Canada BIT 1
- Cameroon–Italy BIT 1
- Canada–Romania BIT 1
- Canada–Serbia BIT 1
- Canada–Venezuela BIT 1
- Central America–Panama BIT 1
- Chile–United Kingdom BIT (1996) 1
- Chile–Uruguay BIT 1
- China–Trinidad-Tobago BIT 1
- China–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Colombia–Spain BIT 1
- Colombia–Switzerland BIT 1
- Colombia–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Colombia–United States BIT 1
- Costa Rica–Germany BIT 1
- Cyprus–Libya BIT 1
- Dominican Republic–Panama BIT 1
- France–Qatar BIT 1
- Georgia–United States BIT 1
- Germany–Zimbabwe BIT 1
- Honduras–Spain BIT 1
- India–United Arab Emirates BIT 1
- Italy–Kuwait BIT 1
- Italy–Tunisia BIT 1
- Japan–Switzerland BIT 1
- Kazakhstan–The Nethe BIT (2002) 1
- Kenya–United Arab Emirates BIT 1
- Korea–Nigeria BIT 1
- Korea–United States BIT 1
- Latvia–Norway BIT 1
- Lebanon–Netherlands BIT 1
- Malta–Türkiye BIT 1
- Mauritius–Portugal BIT 1
- Mexico–Spain BIT 1
- Mexico–Sweden BIT 1
- Mexico–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Moldova–United States BIT 1
- Montenegro–Switzerland BIT 1
- Netherlands–Oman BIT 1
- Netherlands–Poland BIT 1
- Netherlands–Russia BIT (1989) 1
- Netherlands–Ukraine BIT 1
- Netherlands–Venezuela BIT 1
- Panama–U.s BIT 1
- Peru–Switzerland BIT 1
- Philippines–Spain BIT 1
- Pindo And Palanda–Yuca Sur Marginal Field Contracts BIT (1999) 1
- Rwanda–United Kingdom BIT (2023) 1
- Singapore–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Singapore–Uzbekistan BIT 1
- Tunisia–United Kingdom BIT 1
- Türkiye–Yemen BIT 1
- Ukraine–United Kingdom BIT 1
States most often party to the treaties invoked
Canada 14Spain 11United Kingdom 10Argentina 9Venezuela 9United States 9Panama 8Peru 8Russia 7Ukraine 7Italy 6Colombia 6Netherlands 6Cyprus 4Germany 4Switzerland 4Barbados 3Costa Rica 3India 3Mauritius 3Singapore 3Korea 3Mexico 3Israel 2Tanzania 2Portugal 2Malaysia 2Armenia 2France 2Philippines 2Belgium–Luxembourg 2Bolivia 2Romania 2Chile 2China 2United Arab Emirates 2Tunisia 2Türkiye 2Angola 1Australia 1
Treaties are identified from the AI case summaries; a treaty appears once a summarised case invokes it. Texts are linked from the official source or from UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Hub; the Forum does not reproduce them. Corrections: info@arbitration.org.