Session 1 | Recent and long-standing practice with State-State Dispute Settlement (SSDS)
Mar 30, 2026 | 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
CC12
Description
A number of recent investment treaties, as well as some long-standing agreements, provide for State–State Dispute Settlement (SSDS) as the sole binding dispute settlement option to resolve investment disputes. While some treaties include brief provisions on SSDS, others set out more detailed provisions. Borrowing, adaptations and modifications from long-standing SSDS practices in trade law and other international law can be factors in treaty design. This session will allow governments and others to describe SSDS provisions in both earlier and current agreements, and to outline some of the reasons for these policy choices.
