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14 June 20211 minute read

Investment Arbitration in Africa

 

An extract from the 2021 edition of GAR’s The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review, first published in May 2021

DLA Piper is delighted to have published an article in Global Arbitration Review’s Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2021.

The article provides an overview of recent trends and developments in investment arbitration across Africa. It discusses the rise of investment disputes on the continent and the various initiatives to reform the ISDS system, notably efforts to increase the representation of arbitrators of African origin and to modernise investment instruments. The article considers the salient features of this new generation of investment instruments, which focus on sustainable economic development, as well as the multiplication of African dispute resolution forums. Finally, it concludes by reviewing the current status of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, as well as a recent declaration by the African Union regarding ISDS in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Download the full publication here.