关于解决国家和他国国民之间投资争端公约
1965年3月18日由国际复兴开发银行提交各国政府，在华盛顿开放签字，1966年10月14日生效。中华人民共和国政府代表于1990年2月9日签署本公约，于1993年1月7日交存批准书，本公约于1993年2月6日对我生效。
全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于批准《关于解决国家和他国国民之间投资争端公约》的决定
1992年7月1日通过
第七届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十六次会议决定：批准中华人民共和国政府代表于1990年2月9日在华盛顿签署的《关于解决国家和他国国民之间投资争端公约》。
序言
考虑到为经济发展进行国际合作的需要和私人国际投资在这方面的作用;
注意到各缔约国和其他缔约国的国民之间可能不时发生与这种投资有关的争端;
认识到虽然此种争端通常将遵守国内法律程序，但在某些情况下，采取国际解决方法可能是适当的;
特别重视提供国际调解或仲裁的便利，各缔约国和其他缔约国国民如果有此要求可以将此种争端交付国际调解或仲裁;
愿在国际复兴开发银行的主持下建立此种便利;
认识到双方同意借助此种便利将此种争端交付调解或仲裁，构成了一种有约束力的协议，该协议特别要求对调解员的任何建议给予适当考虑，对任何仲裁裁决予以遵守;
宣告不能仅仅由于缔约国批准、接受或核准本公约这一事实而不经其同意就认为该缔约国具有将任何特定的争端交付调解或仲裁的义务，
达成协议如下：
第一章 解决投资争端国际中心
第一节 建立和组织
第一条
一、兹建立解决投资争端国际中心(以下简称“中心”)。
二、中心的宗旨是依照本公约的规定为各缔约国和其他缔约国的国民之间的投资争端，提供调解和仲裁的便利。
第二条
中心的总部应设在国际复兴开发银行(以下称为“银行”)总行办事处。该总部可以根据行政理事会经其成员的三分之二多数作出的决定迁往另一地点。
第三条
中心应设有一个行政理事会和一个秘书处，并应有一个调解员小组和一个仲裁员小组。
第二节 行政理事会
第四条
一、行政理事会由每一个缔约国各派代表一人组成，在首席代表未能出席会议或不能执行任务时，可以由副代表担任代表。
二、如无相反的任命，缔约国所指派的银行的理事和副理事应当然地成为各该国的代表和副代表。
第五条
银行行长应为行政理事会的当然主席(以下称为“主席”)，但无表决权。在他缺席或不能执行任务时和在银行行长职位空缺时，应由暂时代理行长的人担任行政理事会主席。
第六条
一、行政理事会在不损害本公约其他条款赋予它的权力和职能的情况下，应：
(一)通过中心的行政和财政条例;
(二)通过交付调解和仲裁的程序规则;
(三)通过调解和仲裁的程序规则(以下称为“调解规则和仲裁规则”);
(四)批准同银行达成的关于使用其行政设施和服务的协议;
(五)确定秘书长和任何副秘书长的服务条件;
(六)通过中心的年度收支预算;
(七)批准关于中心的活动的年度报告。
上述(一)、(二)、(三)和(六)项中的决定，应由行政理事会成员的三分之二多数票通过。
二、行政理事会可以设立它认为必要的委员会。
三、行政理事会还应行使它所确定的为履行本公约规定所必需的其他权力和职能。
第七条
一、行政理事会应每年举行一次年会，以及理事会可能决定的，或经理事会至少五个成员的请求由主席或由秘书长召开的其他会议。
二、行政理事会每个成员享有一个投票权，除本公约另有规定外，理事会所有的事项应以多数票作出决定。
三、行政理事会任何会议的法定人数应为其成员的多数。
四、行政理事会可由其成员的三分之二多数决定建立一种程序，根据该程序的主席可以不召开理事会议而进行理事会表决，该项表决只有理事会的多数成员在上述程序规定的期限内投票，才能认为有效。
第八条
中心对行政理事会成员和主席的工作，不付给报酬。
第三节 秘书处
第九条
秘书处由秘书长一人、副秘书长一人或数人以及工作人员组成。
第十条
一、秘书长和任何副秘书长由主席提名，经行政理事会根据其成员的三分之二多数票选举产生，任期不超过六年，可以连任。主席在同行政理事会成员磋商后，对上述每一职位得提出一个或几个候选人。
二、秘书长和副秘书长的职责不得与执行任何政治任务相联系。秘书长或任何副秘书长除经行政理事会批准外，不得担任其他任何职务，或从事其他任何职业。
三、在秘书长缺席或不能履行职责时，或在秘书长职位空缺时，由副秘书长担任秘书长。如果有一个以上的副秘书长，应由行政理事会在事前决定他们担任秘书长的次序。
第十一条
秘书长是中心的法定代表和主要官员，并依照本公约的规定和行政理事会通过的规则负责其行政事务，包括任命工作人员。他应履行书记官的职务，并有权认证根据本公约作出的仲裁裁决和核证其副本。
第四节 小组
第十二条
调解员小组和仲裁员小组各由合格的人员组成，他们应根据以下规定指派，并愿意提供服务。
第十三条
一、每一缔约国可以向每个小组指派四人，他们可以是但不一定是该缔约国国民。
二、主席可以向每个小组指派十人，所指派人员应具有不同的国籍。
第十四条
一、指派在小组服务的人员应具有高尚的道德品质，并且在法律、商务、工业和金融方面有公认的能力，他们可以被信赖作出独立的判断。对仲裁员小组的人员而言，在法律方面的能力尤其重要。
二、主席在指派在小组中服务的人员时，还应适当注意保证世界上各种主要法律体系和主要经济活动方式在小组中的代表性。
第十五条
一、小组成员的任期为六年，可以连任。
二、如果小组的成员死亡或辞职时，指派该成员的机构有权指派另一人在该成员剩余的任期内服务。
三、小组成员应继续任职，直至其继任人被指派时为止。
第十六条
一、一个人可以在两个小组服务。
二、如果一个人被一个以上的缔约国、或被一个或一个以上的缔约国和主席指派在同一个小组服务，他应被认为是被首先指派他的机构所指派;或者如果其中一个指派他的机构是他国籍所属国家，他应被认为是被该国所指派。
三、所有的指派应通知秘书长，并从接到通知之日起生效。
第五节 中心的经费
第十七条
如果中心对使用其设施而收取的费用或其他收入不足以弥补其支出，那末属于银行成员的缔约国应各按其认购的银行资本股份的比例，而不属于银行成员的缔约国则按行政理事会通过的规则来负担超支部分。
第六节 地位、豁免和特权
第十八条
中心具有完全的国际法律人格。中心的法律能力应包括：
(一)缔结契约的能力;
(二)取得和处置动产和不动产的能力;
(三)起诉的能力。
第十九条
为使中心能履行其职责，它在各缔约国领土内应享有本节规定的豁免和特权。
第二十条
中心及其财产和资产享有豁免一切法律诉讼的权利，除非中心放弃此种豁免。
第二十一条
主席，行政理事会成员，担任调解员或仲裁员的人员或按照第五十二条第三款任命的委员会成员以及秘书处的官员的雇员：
(一)在履行其职责时的一切行动，享有豁免法律诉讼的权利，除非中心放弃此种豁免;
(二)如不是当地的国民，应享有缔约国给予其他缔约国相应级别的代表、官员和雇员在移民限制、外国人登记条件和国民兵役义务方面的同等豁免权，在外汇限制方面的同等便利以及有关旅行便利的同等待遇。
第二十二条
第二十一条的规定应适用于根据本公约在诉讼中出席作为当事人、代理人、顾问、辩护人、证人或专家的人，但该条第(二)项只适用于他们往返诉讼地的旅程和停留。
第二十三条
一、中心的档案不论其在何处，应不受侵犯。
二、关于官方通讯，各缔约国给予中心的待遇，不得低于给予其他国际组织的待遇。
第二十四条
一、中心及其资产、财产和收入，以及本公约许可的业务活动的交易，应免除一切税捐和关税。中心还应免除征缴任何税捐或关税的义务。
二、除当地国民外，对中心付给行政理事会主席或成员的津贴或其他报酬，均不得征税。
三、对担任调解员或仲裁员，或按照第五十二条第三款任命的委员会成员，在本公约规定的诉讼中取得的报酬或津贴，均不得征税，倘若此项征税是以中心所在地、进行上述诉讼的地点、或付给报酬或津贴的地点为唯一管辖依据的话。
第二章 中心的管辖
第二十五条
一、中心的管辖适用于缔约国(或缔约国向中心指定的该国的任何组成部分或机构)和另一缔约国国民之间直接因投资而产生并经双方书面同意提交给中心的任何法律争端。当双方表示同意后，任何一方不得单方面撤销其同意。
二、“另一缔约国国民”系指：
(一)在双方同意将争端交付调解或仲裁之日以及根据第二十八条第三款或第三十六条第三款登记请求之日，具有作为争端一方的国家以外的某一缔约国国籍的任何自然人，但不包括在上述任一日期也具有作为争端一方的缔约国国籍的任何人;
(二)在争端双方同意将争端交付调解或仲裁之日，具有作为争端一方的国家以外的某一缔约国国籍的任何法人，以及在上述日期具有作为争端一方缔约国国籍的任何法人，而该法人因受外国控制，双方同意为了本公约的目的，应看作是另一缔约国国民。
三、某一缔约国的组成部分或机构表示的同意，须经该缔约国批准，除非该缔约国通知中心不需要予以批准。
四、任何缔约国可以在批准、接受或核准本公约时，或在此后任何时候，把它将考虑或不考虑提交给中心管辖的一类或几类争端通知中心。秘书长应立即将此项通知转送给所有缔约国。此项通知不构成第一款所要求的同意。
第二十六条
除非另有规定，双方同意根据本公约交付仲裁，应视为同意排除任何其他救济方法而交付上述仲裁。缔约国可以要求以用尽该国行政或司法救济作为其同意根据本公约交付仲裁的条件。
第二十七条
一、缔约国对于其国民和另一缔约国根据本公约已同意交付或已交付仲裁的争端，不得给予外交保护或提出国际要求，除非该另一缔约国未能遵守和履行对此项争端所作出的裁决。
二、在第一款中，外交保护不应包括纯粹为了促进争端的解决而进行的非正式的外交上的交往。
第三章 调解
第一节请求调解
第二十八条
一、希望交付调解程序的任何缔约国或缔约国的任何国民，应就此向秘书长提出书面请求，由秘书长将该项请求的副本送交另一方。
二、该项请求应包括有关争端的事项、双方的身份以及他们同意依照交付调解和仲裁的程序规则进行调解等内容。
三、秘书长应登记此项请求，除非他根据请求的内容认为此项争端显然在中心的管辖范围之外。他应立即将登记或拒绝登记通知双方。
第二节 调解委员会的组成
第二十九条
一、调解委员会(以下称为“委员会”)应在依照第二十八条提出的请求予以登记之后尽速组成。
二、(一)委员会应由双方同意任命的独任调解员或任何非偶数的调解员组成。
(二)如双方对调解员的人数和任命的方法不能达成协议，则委员会应由三名调解员组成，由每一方各任命调解员一名，第三名由双方协议任命，并担任委员会主席。
第三十条
如果在秘书长依照第二十八条第三款发出关于请求已予以登记的通知后九十天内，或在双方可能同意的其他期限内未能组成委员会，主席经任何一方请求，并尽可能同双方磋商后，可任命尚未任命的一名或数名调解员。
第三十一条
一、除主席根据第三十条进行任命的情况外，可任命调解员小组以外的人为调解员。
二、从调解员小组以外任命的调解员应具备第十四条第一款所述的品质。
第三节 调解程序
第三十二条
一、委员会应是其本身权限的决定人。
二、争端一方提出的反对意见，认为该争端不属于中心的管辖范围，或因其他原因不属于委员会权限范围，委员会应加以考虑，并决定是否将其作为先决问题处理，或与该争端的是非曲直一并处理。
第三十三条
任何调解程序应依照本节规定，以及除双方另有协议外，依照双方同意调解之日有效的调解规则进行，如发生任何本节或调解规则或双方同意的任何规则未作规定的程序问题，则该问题应由委员会决定。
第三十四条
一、委员会有责任澄清双方发生争端的问题，并努力使双方就共同可接受的条件达成协议。为此目的，委员会可以在程序进行的任何阶段，随时向双方建议解决的条件。双方应同委员会进行真诚的合作，以使委员会能履行其职责，并对委员会的建议给予最认真的考虑。
二、如果双方达成协议，委员会应起草一份报告。指出发生争端的问题，并载明双方已达成协议。如果在程序进行的任何阶段，委员会认为双方已不可能达成协议，则应结束此项程序，并起草一份报告，指出已将争端提交调解，并载明双方未能达成协议。如果一方未能出席或参加上述程序，委员会应结束此项程序并起草一份报告，指出该方未能出席或参加。
第三十五条
除争端双方另有协议外，参加调解程序的任何一方均无权在其他任何程序中，不论是在仲裁员面前或在法院或其他机构，援引或依仗参加调解程序的另一方所表示的任何意见或所作的声明或承认或提出的解决办法，也不得援引或依仗委员会提出的报告或任何建议。
第四章 仲裁
第一节 请求仲裁
第三十六条
一、希望采取仲裁程序的任何缔约国或缔约国的任何国民，应就此向秘书长提出书面请求，由秘书长将该项请求的副本送交另一方。
二、该项请求应包括有关争端事项、双方的身份以及他们同意依照交付调解和仲裁的程序规则提交仲裁等内容。
三、秘书长应登记此项请求，除非他根据请求的内容，认为此项争端显然在中心的管辖范围之外，他应立即将登记或拒绝登记通知双方。
第二节 仲裁庭的组成
第三十七条
一、仲裁庭应在依照第三十六条提出的请求登记之后尽速组成。
二、(一)仲裁庭应由双方同意任命的独任仲裁员或任何非偶数的仲裁员组成。
(二)如双方对仲裁员的人数和任命的方法不能达成协议，仲裁庭应由三名仲裁员组成，由每一方各任命仲裁员一名，第三人由双方协议任命，并担任首席仲裁员。
第三十八条
如果在秘书长依照第三十六条第三款发出关于请求已予以登记的通知后九十天内，或在双方可能同意的其他期限内未能组成仲裁庭，主席经任何一方请求，并尽可能同意双方磋商后，可任命尚未任命的仲裁员或数名仲裁员。主席根据本条任命的仲裁员不得为争端一方的缔约国的国民或其国民是争端一方的缔约国的国民。
第三十九条
仲裁员的多数不得为争端一方的缔约国国民和其国民是争端一方的缔约国的国民;但独任仲裁员或仲裁庭的每一成员经双方协议任命，本条上述规定则不适用。
第四十条
一、除主席根据第三十八条进行任命的情况外，可以从仲裁员小组以外任命仲裁员。
二、从仲裁员小组以外任命的仲裁员应具备第十四条第一款所述的品质。
第三节 仲裁庭的权力和职能
第四十一条
一、仲裁庭应是其本身权限的决定人。
二、争端一方提出的反对意见，认为该争端不属于中心的管辖范围，或因其他原因不属于仲裁庭的权限范围，仲裁庭应加以考虑，并决定是否将其作为先决问题处理，或与该争端的是非曲直一并处理。
第四十二条
一、仲裁庭应依照双方可能同意的法律规则对争端作出裁决。如无此种协议，仲裁庭应适用作为争端一方的缔约国的法律(包括其冲突法规则)以及可能适用的国际法规则。
二、仲裁庭不得借口法律无明文规定或含义不清而暂不作出裁决。
三、第一款和第二款的规定不得损害仲裁庭在双方同意时按公允及善良原则对争端作出裁决的权力。
第四十三条
除双方另有协议，如果仲裁庭在程序的任何阶段认为有必要时，它可以：
(一)要求双方提出文件或其他证据;
(二)访问与争端有关的场地，并在该地进行它可能认为适当的调查。
第四十四条
任何仲裁程序应依照本节规定，以及除双方另有协议外，依照双方同意提交仲裁之日有效的仲裁规则进行。如发生任何本节或仲裁规则或双方同意的任何规则未作规定的程序问题，则该问题应由仲裁庭决定。
第四十五条
一、一方未出席或陈述其案情，不得视为接受另一方的主张。
二、如果一方在程序的任何阶段未出席或陈述案情，另一方可以请求仲裁庭处理向其提出的问题并作出裁决。仲裁庭在作出裁决之前，应通知未出席或陈述案情的一方，并给以宽限日期，除非仲裁庭确信该方不愿意这么做。
第四十六条
除非双方另有协议，如经一方请求，仲裁庭应对争端的主要问题直接引起的附带或附加的要求或反要求作出决定，但上述要求应在双方同意的范围内，或在中心的管辖范围内。
第四十七条
除双方另有协议外，仲裁庭如果认为情况需要，得建议采取任何临时措施，以维护任何一方的权利。
第四节 裁决
第四十八条
一、仲裁庭应以其全体成员的多数票对问题作出决定。
二、仲裁庭的裁决应以书面作成，并由仲裁庭投赞成票的成员签字。
三、裁决应处理提交仲裁庭的每一个问题，并说明所根据的理由。
四、仲裁庭的任何成员可以在裁决上附上他个人的意见(不论他是否同意多数人的意见)，或陈述他的不同意见。
五、中心未经双方的同意不得公布裁决。
第四十九条
一、秘书长应迅速将裁决的核证无误的副本送交双方。裁决应视为在发出上述副本之日作出。
二、仲裁庭经一方在作出裁决之日后四十五天内提出请求，可以在通知另一方后对裁决中遗漏的任何问题作出决定，并纠正裁决中的任何抄写、计算或类似的错误。其决定应为裁决的一部分，并应按裁决一样的方式通知双方。第五十一条第二款和第五十二条第二款规定的期限应从作出决定之日起计算。
第五节 裁决的解释、修改和撤销
第五十条
一、如果双方对裁决的意义或范围发生争议，任何一方可以向秘书长提出书面申请，要求对裁决作出解释。
二、如有可能，应将该项要求提交作出裁决的仲裁庭。如果不可能这样做，则应依照本章第二节组织新的仲裁庭。仲裁庭如认为情况有此需要，可以在它作出决定前停止执行裁决。
第五十一条
一、任何一方可以根据所发现的某项其性质对裁决有决定性影响的事实，向秘书长提出书面申请要求修改裁决，但必须以在作出裁决时仲裁庭和申请人都不了解该事实为条件，而且申请人不知道该事实并非由于疏忽所致。
二、申请应在发现该事实后的九十天内，且无论如何应在作出裁决之日后三年之内提出。
三、如有可能，该项要求应提交作出裁决的仲裁庭。如果不可能这样做，则应依照本章第二节组织新的仲裁庭。
四、仲裁庭如认为情况有此需要，可以在作出决定前，停止执行裁决。如果申请人在申请书中要求停止执行裁决，则应暂时停止执行，直到仲裁庭对该要求作出决定为止。
第五十二条
一、任何一方可以根据下列一个或几个理由，向秘书长提出书面申请，要求撤销裁决：
(一)仲裁庭的组成不适当;
(二)仲裁庭显然超越其权力;
(三)仲裁庭的成员有受贿行为;
(四)有严重的背离基本程序规则的情况;
(五)裁决未陈述其所依据的理由。
二、申请应在作出裁决之日后一百二十天内提出，但以受贿为理由而要求撤销者除外，该申请应在发现受贿行为后一百二十天内，并且无论如何在作出裁决之日后三年内提出。
三、主席在接到要求时，应立即从仲裁员小组中任命一个由三人组成的专门委员会。委员会的成员不得为作出裁决的仲裁庭的成员，不得有相同的国籍，不得为争端一方国家的国民或其国民是争端一方的国家的国民，不得为上述任一国指派参加仲裁员小组的成员，也不得在同一争端中担任调解员。委员会根据第一款规定的任何理由有权撤销裁决或裁决中的任何部分。
四、第四十一至第四十五条、第四十八条、第四十九条、第五十三条和第五十四条以及第六章和第七章的规定，在适用于委员会的程序时，得作必要的变动。
五、委员会如认为情况有此需要，可以在作出决定前，停止执行裁决。如果申请人在申请书中要求停止执行裁决，则应暂时停止执行，直到委员会对该要求作出决定为止。
六、如果裁决被撤销，则经任何一方的请求，应将争端提交给依照本章第二节组织的新仲裁庭。
第六节 裁决的承认和执行
第五十三条
一、裁决对双方具有约束力。不得进行任何上诉或采取除本公约规定外的任何其他补救办法。除依照本公约有关规定予以停止执行的情况外，每一方应遵守和履行裁决的规定。
二、在本节中，“裁决”应包括依照第五十条、第五十一条或第五十二条对裁决作出解释、修改或撤销的任何决定。
第五十四条
一、每一缔约国应承认依照本公约作出的裁决具有约束力，并在其领土内履行该裁决所加的财政义务，正如该裁决是该国法院的最后判决一样。具有联邦宪法的缔约国可以在联邦法院或通过该法院执行裁决，并可规定联邦法院应把该裁决视为组成联邦的某一邦的法院作出的最后判决。
二、要求在一缔约国领土内予以承认或执行的一方，应向该缔约国为此目的而指定的主管法院或其他机构提供经秘书长核证无误的该裁决的副本一份。每一缔约国应将为此目的而指定的主管法院或其他机构以及随后关于此项指定的任何变动通知秘书长。
三、裁决的执行应受要求在其领土内执行的国家关于执行判决的现行法律的管辖。
第五十五条
第五十四条的规定不得解释为背离任何缔约国现行的关于该国或任何外国执行豁免的法律。
第五章 调解员和仲裁员的更换及取消资格
第五十六条
一、在委员会或仲裁庭组成和程序开始之后，其成员的组成应保持不变;但如有调解员或仲裁员死亡、丧失资格或辞职，其空缺应依照第三章第二节或第四章第二节的规定予以补充。
二、尽管委员会或仲裁庭的某一成员已停止成为仲裁员小组的成员，他应继续在该委员会或仲裁庭服务。
三、如果由一方任命的调解员或仲裁员未经委员会或仲裁庭(该调解员或仲裁员是该委员会或仲裁庭的成员)的同意而辞职，造成的空缺应由主席从有关小组中指定一人补充。
第五十七条
一方可以根据明显缺乏第十四条第一款规定的品质的任何事实，向委员会或仲裁庭建议取消其任何成员的资格。参加仲裁程序的一方还可根据第四章第二节以某一仲裁员无资格在仲裁庭任职为理由，建议取消该仲裁员的资格。
第五十八条
对任何取消调解员或仲裁员资格的建议的决定应视情况由委员会或仲裁庭的其他成员作出，但如成员中双方人数相等，或遇到建议取消独任调解员或仲裁员的资格，或取消大多数调解员或仲裁员的资格时，则应由主席作出决定。如决定认为该建议理由充分，则该决定所指的调解员或仲裁员应依照第三章第二节或第四章第二节的规定予以更换。
第六章 诉讼费用
第五十九条
双方为使用中心的设施而应付的费用由秘书长依照行政理事会通过的条例予以确定。
第六十条
一、每一委员会和每一仲裁庭应在行政理事会随时规定的限度内并在同秘书长磋商后，决定其成员的费用和开支。
二、本条第一款的规定并不排除双方事先同有关的委员会或仲裁庭就其成员的费用和开支达成协议。
第六十一条
一、就调解程序而言，委员会成员的费用和开支以及使用中心的设施的费用，应由双方平均分摊。每一方应负担各自与程序有关的任何其他开支。
二、就仲裁程序而言，除双方另有协议外，仲裁庭应估计双方同程序有关的开支，并决定该项开支、仲裁庭成员的酬金和开支以及使用中心的设施的费用应如何和由何人偿付。此项决定应成为裁决的一部分。
第七章 诉讼地
第六十二条
调解和仲裁程序除以下的条文规定外，应在中心的所在地举行。
第六十三条
如果双方同意，调解和仲裁程序可以在下列地点举行：
(一)常设仲裁庭或任何其他适当的公私机构的所在地，中心可以同上述机构就此目的作出安排;
(二)委员会或仲裁庭在同秘书长磋商后所批准的任何其他地点。
第八章 缔约国之间的争端
第六十四条
缔约国之间发生的不能通过谈判解决的有关本公约的解释或适用的任何争端，经争端任何一方申请，可提交国际法院，除非有关国家同意采取另一种解决办法。
第九章 修改
第六十五条
任何缔约国可建议修改本公约。建议修改的文本应在审议该修改案的行政理事会召开会议之前至少九十天送交秘书长，并由秘书长立即转交行政理事会所有成员。
第六十六条
一、如果行政理事会根据其成员的三分之二多数决定修改，则建议修改的文本应分送给所有缔约国予以批准、接受或核准。每次修改应在本公约的保管人向各缔约国发出关于所有缔约国已经批准、接受或核准该项修改的通知之后三十天开始生效。
二、任何修改不得影响任何缔约国或其任何组成部分或机构或该国的任何国民，在修改生效之日以前表示同意受中心管辖而产生的由本公约规定的权利和义务。
第十章 最后条款
第六十七条
本公约应开放供银行的成员国签字。本公约也向参加国际法院规约和行政理事会根据其成员的三分之二多数票邀请签署本公约的任何其他国家开放签字。
第六十八条
一、本公约须由签字国依照其各自的宪法程序予以批准、接受或核准。
二、本公约在交存第二十份批准、接受或核准书之日后三十天开始生效。对以后每一个交存批准、接受或核准书的国家，本公约在其交存之日后三十天开始生效。
第六十九条
每一缔约国应采取使本公约的规定在其领土内有效所必需的立法或其他措施。
第七十条
本公约应适用于由一缔约国负责国际关系的所有领土，但不包括缔约国在批准、接受或核准时，或其后以书面通知本公约的保管人予以除外的领土。
第七十一条
任何缔约国可以书面通知本公约的保管人退出本公约。该项退出自收到该通知六个月后开始生效。
第七十二条
缔约国依照第七十条或第七十一条发出的通知，不得影响该国或其任何组成部分或机构或该国的任何国民在保管人接到上述通知以前由他们其中之一所表示的同意受中心的管辖而产生的由本公约规定的权利和义务。
第七十三条
本公约的批准、接受或核准书以及修改的文本应交存于银行，它是本公约的保管人。保管人应将本公约核证无误的副本送交银行的成员国和被邀请签署本公约的任何其他国家。
第七十四条
保管人应依照联合国宪章第一○二条和大会通过的有关条例向联合国秘书处登记本公约。
第七十五条
保管人应将下列各项通知所有签字国：
(一)依照第六十七条的签字;
(二)依照第七十三条交存的批准、接受和核准书;
(三)依照第六十八条本公约的生效日期;
(四)依照第七十条不适用本公约的领土;
(五)依照第六十六条对本公约的任何修改的生效日期;
(六)依照第七十一条退出本公约。
订于华盛顿，用英文、法文和西班牙文写成，三种文本具有同等效力。正本一份，存放在国际复兴开发银行档案库，银行已在下方签字，以表明它同意根据本公约履行其职责。
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States
Done at Washington on 18 March 1965
PREAMBLE
The Contracting States
Considering the need for international cooperation for economic development, 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;
Recognizing that mutual consent by the parties to submit such disputes to conciliation or to arbitration through such facilities constitutes a binding agreement which requires in particular that due consideration be given to any recommendation of conciliators, and that any arbitral award be complied with; and
Declaring that no Contracting State shall by the mere fact of its ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention and without its consent be deemed to be under any obligation to submit any particular dispute to conciliation or arbitration,
Have agreed as follows:
CHAPTER I
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Section 1
Establishment and Organization
Article 1
(1)There is hereby established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (hereinafter called the Centre).
(2)The purpose of the Centre shall be to provide facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes between Contracting States and nationals of other Contracting States in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.
Article 2
The seat of the Centre shall be at the principal office of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter called the Bank). The seat may be moved to another place by decision of the Administrative Council adopted by a majority of two-thirds of its members.
Article 3
The Centre shall have an Administrative Council and a Secretariat and shall maintain a Panel of Conciliators and a Panel of Arbitrators.
Section 2
The Administrative Council
Article 4
(1)The Administrative Council shall be composed of one representative of each Contracting State. An alternate may act as representative in case of his principal's absence from a meeting or inability to act.
(2)In the absence of a contrary designation, each governor and alternate governor of the Bank appointed by a Contracting State shall be ex officio its representative and its alternate respectively.
Article 5
The President of the Bank shall be ex officio Chairman of the Administrative Council (hereinafter called the Chairman) but shall have no vote. During his absence or inability to act and during any vacancy in the office of President of the Bank, the person for the time being acting as President shall act as Chairman of the Administrative Council.
Article 6
(1)Without prejudice to the powers and functions vested in it by other provisions of this Convention, the Administrative Council shall:
(a)adopt the administrative and financial regulations of the Centre;
(b)adopt the rules of procedure for the institution of conciliation and arbitration proceedings;
(c)adopt the rules of procedure for conciliation and arbitration proceedings (hereinafter called the Conciliation Rules and the Arbitration Rules);
(d)approve arrangements with the Bank for the use of the Bank's administrative facilities and services;
(e)determine the conditions of service of the Secretary-General and of any Deputy Secretary-General;
(f)adopt the annual budget of revenues and expenditures of the Centre;
(g)approve the annual report on the operation of the Centre.
The decisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (f) above shall be adopted by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Administrative Council.
(2)The Administrative Council may appoint such committees as it considers necessary.
(3)The Administrative Council shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as it shall determine to be necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Convention.
Article 7
(1)The Administrative Council shall hold an annual meeting and such other meetings as may be determined by the Council, or convened by the Chairman, or convened by the Secretary-General at the request of not less than five members of the Council.
(2)Each member of the Administrative Council shall have one vote and, except as otherwise herein provided, all matters before the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast.
(3)A quorum for any meeting of the Administrative Council shall be a majority of its members.
(4)The Administrative Council may establish, by a majority of two-thirds of its members, a procedure whereby the Chairman may seek a vote of the Council without convening a meeting of the Council. The vote shall be considered valid only if the majority of the members of the Council cast their votes within the time limit fixed by the said procedure.
Article 8
Members of the Administrative Council and the Chairman shall serve without remuneration from the Centre.
Section 3
The Secretariat
Article 9
The Secretariat shall consist of a Secretary-General, one or more Deputy Secretaries-General and staff.
Article 10
(1)The Secretary-General and any Deputy Secretary-General shall be elected by the Administrative Council by a majority of two-thirds of its members upon the nomination of the Chairman for a term of service not exceeding six years and shall be eligible for re-election. After consulting the members of the Administrative Council, the Chairman shall propose one or more candidates for each such office.
(2)The offices of Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General shall be incompatible with the exercise of any political function. Neither the Secretary-General nor any Deputy Secretary-General may hold any other employment or engage in any other occupation except with the approval of the Administrative Council.
(3)During the Secretary-General's absence or inability to act, and during any vacancy of the office of Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General shall act as Secretary-General. If there shall be more than one Deputy Secretary-General, the Administrative Council shall determine in advance the order in which they shall act as Secretary-General.
Article 11
The Secretary-General shall be the legal representative and the principal officer of the Centre and shall be responsible for its administration, including the appointment of staff, in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and the rules adopted by the Administrative Council. He shall perform the function of registrar and shall have the power to authenticate arbitral awards rendered pursuant to this Convention, and to certify copies thereof.
Section 4
The Panels
Article 12
The Panel of Conciliators and the Panel of Arbitrators shall each consist of qualified persons, designated as hereinafter provided, who are willing to serve thereon.
Article 13
(1)Each Contracting State may designate to each Panel four persons who may but need not be its nationals.
(2)The Chairman may designate ten persons to each Panel. The persons so designated to a Panel shall each have a different nationality.
Article 14
(1)Persons designated to serve on the Panels shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the fields of law, commerce; industry or finance, who may be relied upon to exercise independent judgment. Competence in the field of law shall be of particular importance in the case of persons on the Panel of Arbitrators.
(2)The Chairman, in designating persons to serve on the Panels, shall in addition pay due regard to the importance of assuring representation on the Panels of the principal legal systems of the world and of the main forms of economic activity.
Article 15
(1)Panel members shall serve for renewable periods of six years.
(2)In case of death or resignation of a member of a Panel, the authority which designated the member shall have the right to designate another person to serve for the remainder of that member's term.
(3)Panel members shall continue in office until their successors have been designated.
Article 16
(1)A person may serve on both Panels.
(2)If a person shall have been designated to serve on the same Panel by more than one Contracting State, or by one or more Contracting States and the Chairman, he shall be deemed to have been designated by the authority which first designated him or, if one such authority is the State of which he is a national, by that State.
(3)All designations shall be notified to the Secretary-General and shall take effect from the date on which the notification is received.
Section 5
Financing the Centre
Article 17
If the expenditure of the Centre cannot be met out of charges for the use of its facilities, or out of other receipts, the excess shall be borne by Contracting States which are members of the Bank in proportion to their respective subscriptions to the capital stock of the Bank, and by Contracting States which are not members of the Bank in accordance with rules adopted by the Administrative Council.
Section 6
Status, Immunities and Privileges
Article 18
The Centre shall have full international legal personality. The legal capacity of the Centre shall include the capacity:
(a)to contract;
(b)to acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property;
(c)to institute legal proceedings.
Article 19
To enable the Centre to fulfill its functions, it shall enjoy in the territories of each Contracting State the immunities and privileges set forth in this Section.
Article 20
The Centre, its property and assets shall enjoy immunity from all legal process, except when the Centre waives this immunity.
Article 21
The Chairman, the members of the Administrative Council, persons acting as conciliators or arbitrators or members of a Committee appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 52, and the officers and employees of the Secretariat
(a)shall enjoy immunity from legal process with respect to acts performed by them in the exercise of their functions, except when the Centre waives this immunity;
(b)not being local nationals, shall enjoy the same immunities from immigration restrictions, alien registration requirements and national service obligations, the same facilities as regards exchange restrictions and the same treatment in respect of traveling facilities as are accorded by Contracting States to the representatives, officials and employees of comparable rank of other Contracting States
Article 22
The provisions of Article 21 shall apply to persons appearing in proceedings under this Convention as parties, agents, counsel, advocates, witnesses or experts; provided, however, that sub-paragraph (b) thereof shall apply only in connection with their travel to and from, and their stay at, the place where the proceedings are held.
Article 23
(1)The archives of the Centre shall be inviolable, wherever they may be.
(2)With regard to its official communications, the Centre shall be accorded by each Contracting State treatment not less favourable than that accorded to other international organizations.
Article 24
(1)The Centre, its assets, property and income, and its operations and transactions authorized by this Convention shall be exempt from all taxation and customs duties. The Centre shall also be exempt from liability for the collection or payment of any taxes or customs duties.
(2)Except in the case of local nationals, no tax shall be levied on or in respect of expense allowances paid by the Centre to the Chairman or members of the Administrative Council, or on or in respect of salaries, expense allowances or other emoluments paid by the Centre to officials or employees of the Secretariat.
(3)No tax shall be levied on or in respect of fees or expense allowances received by persons acting as conciliators, or arbitrators, or members of a Committee appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 52, in proceedings under this Convention, if the sole jurisdictional basis for such tax is the location of the Centre or the place where such proceedings are conducted or the place where such fees or allowances are paid.
CHAPTER II
Jurisdiction of the Centre
Article 25
(1)The jurisdiction of the Centre shall extend to any legal dispute arising directly out of an investment, between a Contracting State (or any constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting State designated to the Centre by that State) and a national of another Contracting State, which the parties to the dispute consent in writing to submit to the Centre. When the parties have given their consent, no party may withdraw its consent unilaterally.
(2)"National of another Contracting State" means:
(a)any natural person who had the nationality of a Contracting State other than the State party to the dispute on the date on which the parties consented to submit such dispute to conciliation or arbitration as well as on the date on which the request was registered pursuant to paragraph (3) Article 28 or paragraph (3) of Article 36, but does not include any person who on either date also had the nationality of the Contracting State party to the dispute; and
(b)any juridical person which had the nationality of a Contracting State other than the State party to the dispute on the date on which the parties consented to submit such dispute to conciliation or arbitration and any juridical person which had the nationality of the Contracting State party to the dispute on that date and which, because of foreign control, the parties have agreed should be treated as a national of another Contracting State for the purposes of this Convention.
(3)Consent by a constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting State shall require the approval of that State unless that State notifies the Centre that no such approval is required.
(4)Any Contracting State may, at the time of ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention or at any time thereafter, notify the Centre of the class or classes of disputes which it would or would not consider submitting to the jurisdiction of the Centre. The Secretary-General shall forthwith transmit such notification to all Contracting States. Such notification shall not constitute the consent required by paragraph (1).
Article 26
Consent of the parties to arbitration under this Convention shall, unless otherwise stated, be deemed consent to such arbitration to the exclusion of any other remedy. A Contracting State may require the exhaustion of local administrative or judicial remedies as a condition of its consent to arbitration under this Convention.
Article 27
(1)No Contracting State shall give diplomatic protection, or bring an international claim, in respect of a dispute which one of its nationals and another Contracting State shall have consented to submit or shall have submitted to arbitration under this Convention, unless such other Contracting State shall have failed to abide by and comply with the award rendered in such dispute.
(2)Diplomatic protection, for the purposes of paragraph (1), shall not include informal diplomatic exchanges for the sole purpose of facilitating a settlement of the dispute.
CHAPTER III
Conciliation
Section 1
Request for Conciliation
Article 28
(1)Any Contracting State or any national of a Contracting State wishing to institute conciliation proceedings shall address a request to that effect in writing to the Secretary-General who shall send a copy of the request to the other party.
(2)The request shall contain information concerning the issues in dispute, the identity of the parties and their consent to conciliation in accordance with the rules of procedure for the institution of conciliation and arbitration proceedings.
(3)The Secretary-General shall register the request unless he finds, on the basis of the information contained in the request, that the dispute is manifestly outside the jurisdiction of the Centre. He shall forthwith notify the parties of registration or refusal to register.
Section 2
Constitution of the Conciliation Commission
Article 29
(1)The Conciliation Commission (hereinafter called the Commission) shall be constituted as soon as possible after registration of a request pursuant to Article 28.
(2)
(a)The Commission shall consist of a sole conciliator or any uneven number of conciliators appointed as the parties shall agree.
(b)Where the parties do not agree upon the number of conciliators and the method of their appointment, the Commission shall consist of three conciliators, one conciliator appointed by each party and the third, who shall be the president of the Commission, appointed by agreement of the parties.
Article 30
If the Commission shall not have been constituted within 90 days after notice of registration of the request has been dispatched by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph (3) of Article 28, or such other period as the parties may agree, the Chairman shall, at the request of either party and after consulting both parties as far as possible, appoint the conciliator or conciliators not yet appointed.
Article 31
(1)Conciliators may be appointed from outside the Panel of Conciliators, except in the case of appointments by the Chairman pursuant to Article 30.
(2)Conciliators appointed from outside the Panel of Conciliators shall possess the qualities stated in paragraph (1) of Article 14.
Section 3
Conciliation Proceedings
Article 32
(1)The Commission shall be the judge of its own competence.
(2)Any objection by a party to the dispute that that dispute is not within the jurisdiction of the Centre, or for other reasons is not within the competence of the Commission, shall be considered by the Commission which shall determine whether to deal with it as a preliminary question or to join it to the merits of the dispute.
Article 33
Any conciliation proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Section and, except as the parties otherwise agree, in accordance with the Conciliation Rules in effect on the date on which the parties consented to conciliation. If any question of procedure arises which is not covered by this
Section or the Conciliation Rules or any rules agreed by the parties, the Commission shall decide the question.
Article 34
(1)It shall be the duty of the Commission to clarify the issues in dispute between the parties and to endeavour to bring about agreement between them upon mutually acceptable terms. To that end, the Commission may at any stage of the proceedings and from time to time recommend terms of settlement to the parties. The parties shall cooperate in good faith with the Commission in order to enable the Commission to carry out its functions, and shall give their most serious consideration to its recommendations.
(2)If the parties reach agreement, the Commission shall draw up a report noting the issues in dispute and recording that the parties have reached agreement. If, at any stage of the proceedings, it appears to the Commission that there is no likelihood of agreement between the parties, it shall close the proceedings and shall draw up a report noting the submission of the dispute and recording the failure of the parties to reach agreement. If one party fails to appear or participate in the proceedings, the Commission shall close the proceedings and shall draw up a report noting that party's failure to appear or participate.
Article 35
Except as the parties to the dispute shall otherwise agree, neither party to a conciliation proceeding shall be entitled in any other proceeding, whether before arbitrators or in a court of law or otherwise, to invoke or rely on any views expressed or statements or admissions or offers of settlement made by the other party in the conciliation proceedings, or the report or any recommendations made by the Commission.
CHAPTER IV
Arbitration
Section I
Request for Arbitration
Article 36
(1)Any Contracting State or any national of a Contracting State wishing to institute arbitration proceedings shall address a request to that effect in writing to the Secretary-General who shall send a copy of the request to the other party.
(2)The request shall contain information concerning the issues in dispute, the identity of the parties and their consent to arbitration in accordance with the rules of procedure for the institution of conciliation and arbitration proceedings.
(3)The Secretary-General shall register the request unless he finds, on the basis of the information contained in the request, that the dispute is manifestly outside the jurisdiction of the Centre. He shall forthwith notify the parties of registration or refusal to register.
Section 2
Constitution of the Tribunal
Article 37
(1)The Arbitral Tribunal (hereinafter called the Tribunal) shall be constituted as soon as possible after registration of a request pursuant to
Article 36.
(2)
(a)The Tribunal shall consist of a sole arbitrator or any uneven number of arbitrators appointed as the parties shall agree.
(b)Where the parties do not agree upon the number of arbitrators and the method of their appointment, the Tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one arbitrator appointed by each party and the third, who shall be the president of the Tribunal, appointed by agreement of the parties.
Article 38
If the Tribunal shall not have been constituted within 90 days after notice of registration of the request has been dispatched by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph (3) of Article 36, or such other period as the parties may agree, the Chairman shall, at the request of either party and after consulting both parties as far as possible, appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators not yet appointed. Arbitrators appointed by the Chairman pursuant to this Article shall not be nationals of the Contracting State party to the dispute or of the Contracting State whose national is a party to the dispute.
Article 39
The majority of the arbitrators shall be nationals of States other than the Contracting State party to the dispute and the Contracting State whose national is a party to the dispute; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply if the sole arbitrator or each individual member of the Tribunal has been appointed by agreement of the parties.
Article 40
(1)Arbitrators may be appointed from outside the Panel of Arbitrators, except in the case of appointments by the Chairman pursuant to Article 38.
(2)Arbitrators appointed from outside the Panel of Arbitrators shall possess the qualities stated in paragraph (1) of Article 14.
Section 3
Powers and Functions of the Tribunal
Article 41
(1)The Tribunal shall be the judge of its own competence.
(2)Any objection by a party to the dispute that that dispute is not within the jurisdiction of the Centre, or for other reasons is not within the competence of the Tribunal, shall be considered by the Tribunal which shall determine whether to deal with it as a preliminary question or to join it to the merits of the dispute.
Article 42
(1)The Tribunal shall decide a dispute in accordance with such rules of law as may be agreed by the parties. In the absence of such agreement, the Tribunal shall apply the law of the Contracting State party to the dispute (including its rules on the conflict of laws) and such rules of international law as may be applicable.
(2)The Tribunal may not bring in a finding of non liquet on the ground of silence or obscurity of the law.
(3)The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not prejudice the power of the Tribunal to decide a dispute ex aequo et bono if the parties so agree.
Article 43
Except as the parties otherwise agree, the Tribunal may, if it deems it necessary at any stage of the proceedings,
(a)call upon the parties to produce documents or other evidence, and
(b)visit the scene connected with the dispute, and conduct such inquiries there as it may deem appropriate.
Article 44
Any arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Section and, except as the parties otherwise agree, in accordance with the Arbitration Rules in effect on the date on which the parties consented to arbitration. If any question of procedure arises which is not covered by this Section or the Arbitration Rules or any rules agreed by the parties, the Tribunal shall decide the question.
Article 45
(1)Failure of a party to appear or to present his case shall not be deemed an admission of the other party's assertions.
(2)If a party fails to appear or to present his case at any stage of the proceedings the other party may request the Tribunal to deal with the questions submitted to it and to render an award. Before rendering an award, the Tribunal shall notify, and grant a period of grace to, the party failing to appear or to present its case, unless it is satisfied that that party does not intend to do so.
Article 46
Except as the parties otherwise agree, the Tribunal shall, if requested by a party, determine any incidental or additional claims or counterclaims arising directly out of the subject-matter of the dispute provided that they are within the scope of the consent of the parties and are otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Centre.
Article 47
Except as the parties otherwise agree, the Tribunal may, if it considers that the circumstances so require, recommend any provisional measures which should be taken to preserve the respective rights of either party.
Section 4
The Award
Article 48
(1)The Tribunal shall decide questions by a majority of the votes of all its members.
(2)The award of the Tribunal shall be in writing and shall be signed by the members of the Tribunal who voted for it.
(3)The award shall deal with every question submitted to the Tribunal, and shall state the reasons upon which it is based.
(4)Any member of the Tribunal may attach his individual opinion to the award, whether he dissents from the majority or not, or a statement of his dissent.
(5)The Centre shall not publish the award without the consent of the parties.
Article 49
(1)The Secretary-General shall promptly dispatch certified copies of the award to the parties. The award shall be deemed to have been rendered on the date on which the certified copies were dispatched.
(2)The Tribunal upon the request of a party made within 45 days after the date on which the award was rendered may after notice to the other party decide any question which it had omitted to decide in the award, and shall rectify any clerical, arithmetical or similar error in the award. Its decision shall become part of the award and shall be notified to the parties in the same manner as the award. The periods of time provided for under paragraph (2) of Article 51 and paragraph (2) of Article 52 shall run from the date on which the decision was rendered.
Section 5
Interpretation, Revision and Annulment of the Award
Article 50
(1)If any dispute shall arise between the parties as to the meaning or scope of an award, either party may request interpretation of the award by an application in writing addressed to the Secretary-General.
(2)The request shall, if possible, be submitted to the Tribunal which rendered the award. If this shall not be possible, a new Tribunal shall be constituted in accordance with Section 2 of this Chapter. The Tribunal may, if it considers that the circumstances so require, stay enforcement of the award pending its decision.
Article 51
(1)Either party may request revision of the award by an application in writing addressed to the Secretary-General on the ground of discovery of some fact of such a nature as decisively to affect the award, provided that when the award was rendered that fact was unknown to the Tribunal and to the applicant and that the applicant's ignorance of that fact was not due to negligence.
(2)The application shall be made within 90 days after the discovery of such fact and in any event within three years after the date on which the award was rendered.
(3)The request shall, if possible, be submitted to the Tribunal which rendered the award. If this shall not be possible, a new Tribunal shall be constituted in accordance with Section 2 of this Chapter.
(4)The Tribunal may, if it considers that the circumstances so require, stay enforcement of the award pending its decision. If the applicant requests a stay of enforcement of the award in his application, enforcement shall be stayed provisionally until the Tribunal rules on such request.
Article 52
(1)Either party may request annulment of the award by an application in writing addressed to the Secretary-General on one or more of the following grounds:
(a)that the Tribunal was not properly constituted;
(b)that the Tribunal has manifestly exceeded its powers;
(c)that there was corruption on the part of a member of the Tribunal;
(d)that there has been a serious departure from a fundamental rule of procedure; or
(e)that the award has failed to state the reasons on which it is based.
(2)The application shall be made within 120 days after the date on which the award was rendered except that when annulment is requested on the ground of corruption such application shall be made within 120 days after discovery of the corruption and in any event within three years after the date on which the award was rendered.
(3)On receipt of the request the Chairman shall forthwith appoint from the Panel of Arbitrators an ad hoc Committee of three persons. None of the members of the Committee shall have been a member of the Tribunal which rendered the award, shall be of the same nationality as any such member, shall be a national of the State party to the dispute or of the State whose national is a party to the dispute, shall have been designated to the Panel of Arbitrators by either of those States, or shall have acted as a conciliator in the same dispute. The Committee shall have the authority to annul the award or any part thereof on any of the grounds set forth in paragraph (1).
(4)The provisions of Articles 41-45, 48, 49, 53 and 54, and of Chapters VI and VII shall apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings before the Committee.
(5)The Committee may, if it considers that the circumstances so require, stay enforcement of the award pending its decision. If the applicant requests a stay of enforcement of the award in his application, enforcement shall be stayed provisionally until the Committee rules on such request.
(6)If the award is annulled the dispute shall, at the request of either party, be submitted to a new Tribunal constituted in accordance with Section 2 of this Chapter.
Section 6
Recognition and Enforcement of the Award
Article 53
(1)The award shall be binding on the parties and shall not be subject to any appeal or to any other remedy except those provided for in this Convention. Each party shall abide by and comply with the terms of the award except to the extent that enforcement shall have been stayed pursuant to the relevant provisions of this Convention.
(2)For the purposes of this Section, "award" shall include any decision interpreting, revising or annulling such award pursuant to Articles 50, 51 or 52.
Article 54
(1)Each Contracting State shall recognize an award rendered pursuant to this Convention as binding and enforce the pecuniary obligations imposed by that award within its territories as if it were a final judgment of a court in that State. A Contracting State with a federal constitution may enforce such an award in or through its federal courts and may provide that such courts shall treat the award as if it were a final judgment of the courts of a constituent state.
(2)A party seeking recognition or enforcement in the territories of a Contracting State shall furnish to a competent court or other authority which such State shall have designated for this purpose a copy of the award certified by the Secretary-General. Each Contracting State shall notify the Secretary-General of the designation of the competent court or other authority for this purpose and of any subsequent change in such designation.
(3)Execution of the award shall be governed by the laws concerning the execution of judgments in force in the State in whose territories such execution is sought.
Article 55
Nothing in Article 54 shall be construed as derogating from the law in force in any Contracting State relating to immunity of that State or of any foreign State from execution.
CHAPTER V
Replacement and Disqualification of Conciliators and Arbitrators
Article 56
(1)After a Commission or a Tribunal has been constituted and proceedings have begun, its composition shall remain unchanged; provided, however, that if a conciliator or an arbitrator should die, become incapacitated, or resign, the resulting vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter III or Section 2 of Chapter IV.
(2)A member of a Commission or Tribunal shall continue to serve in that capacity notwithstanding that he shall have ceased to be a member of the Panel.
(3)If a conciliator or arbitrator appointed by a party shall have resigned without the consent of the Commission or Tribunal of which he was a member, the Chairman shall appoint a person from the appropriate Panel to fill the resulting vacancy.
Article 57
A party may propose to a Commission or Tribunal the disqualification of any of its members on account of any fact indicating a manifest lack of the qualities required by paragraph (1) of Article 14. A party to arbitration proceedings may, in addition, propose the disqualification of an arbitrator on the ground that he was ineligible for appointment to the Tribunal under Section 2 of Chapter IV.
Article 58
The decision on any proposal to disqualify a conciliator or arbitrator shall be taken by the other members of the Commission or Tribunal as the case may be, provided that where those members are equally divided, or in the case of a proposal to disqualify a sole conciliator or arbitrator, or a majority of the conciliators or arbitrators, the Chairman shall take that decision. If it is decided that the proposal is well-founded the conciliator or arbitrator to whom the decision relates shall be replaced in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter III or Section 2 of Chapter IV.
CHAPTER VI
Cost of Proceedings
Article 59
The charges payable by the parties for the use of the facilities of the Centre shall be determined by the Secretary-General in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Administrative Council.
Article 60
(1)Each Commission and each Tribunal shall determine the fees and expenses of its members within limits established from time to time by the Administrative Council and after consultation with the Secretary-General.
(2)Nothing in paragraph (1) of this Article shall preclude the parties from agreeing in advance with the Commission or Tribunal concerned upon the fees and expenses of its members.
Article 61
(1)In the case of conciliation proceedings the fees and expenses of members of the Commission as well as the charges for the use of the facilities of the Centre, shall be borne equally by the parties. Each party shall bear any other expenses it incurs in connection with the proceedings.
(2)In the case of arbitration proceedings the Tribunal shall, except as the parties otherwise agree, assess the expenses incurred by the parties in connection with the proceedings, and shall decide how and by whom those expenses, the fees and expenses of the members of the Tribunal and the charges for the use of the facilities of the Centre shall be paid. Such decision shall form part of the award.
CHAPTER VII
Place of Proceedings
Article 62
Conciliation and arbitration proceedings shall be held at the seat of the Centre except as hereinafter provided.
Article 63
Conciliation and arbitration proceedings may be held, if the parties so agree,
(a)at the seat of the Permanent Court of Arbitration or of any other appropriate institution, whether private or public, with which the Centre may make arrangements for that purpose; or
(b)at any other place approved by the Commission or Tribunal after consultation with the Secretary-General.
CHAPTER VIII
Disputes Between Contracting States
Article 64
Any dispute arising between Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which is not settled by negotiation shall be referred to the International Court of Justice by the application of any party to such dispute, unless the States concerned agree to another method of settlement.
CHAPTER IX
Amendment
Article 65
Any Contracting State may propose amendment of this Convention. The text of a proposed amendment shall be communicated to the Secretary-General not less than 90 days prior to the meeting of the Administrative Council at which such amendment is to be considered and shall forthwith be transmitted by him to all the members of the Administrative Council.
Article 66
(1)If the Administrative Council shall so decide by a majority of two-thirds of its members, the proposed amendment shall be circulated to all Contracting States for ratification, acceptance or approval. Each amendment shall enter into force 30 days after dispatch by the depositary of this Convention of a notification to Contracting States that all Contracting States have ratified, accepted or approved the amendment.
(2)No amendment shall affect the rights and obligations under this Convention of any Contracting State or of any of its constituent subdivisions or agencies, or of any national of such State arising out of consent to the jurisdiction of the Centre given before the date of entry into force of the amendment.
CHAPTER X
Final Provisions
Article 67
This Convention shall be open for signature on behalf of States members of the Bank. It shall also be open for signature on behalf of any other State which is a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice and which the Administrative Council, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, shall have invited to sign the Convention.
Article 68
(1)This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures.
(2)This Convention shall enter into force 30 days after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. It shall enter into force for each State which subsequently deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval 30 days after the date of such deposit.
Article 69
Each Contracting State shall take such legislative or other measures as may be necessary for making the provisions of this Convention effective in its territories.
Article 70
This Convention shall apply to all territories for whose international relations a Contracting State is responsible, except those which are excluded by such State by written notice to the depositary of this Convention either at the time of ratification, acceptance or approval or subsequently.
Article 71
Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by written notice to the depositary of this Convention. The denunciation shall take effect six months after receipt of such notice.
Article 72
Notice by a Contracting State pursuant to Articles 70 or 71 shall not affect the rights or obligations under this Convention of that State or of any of its constituent subdivisions or agencies or of any national of that State arising out of consent to the jurisdiction of the Centre given by one of them before such notice was received by the depositary.
Article 73
Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention and of amendments thereto shall be deposited with the Bank which shall act as the depositary of this Convention. The depositary shall transmit certified copies of this Convention to States members of the Bank and to any other State invited to sign the Convention.
Article 74
The depositary shall register this Convention with the Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Regulations thereunder adopted by the General Assembly.
Article 75
The depositary shall notify all signatory States of the following:
(a)signatures in accordance with Article 67;
(b)deposits of instruments of ratification, acceptance and approval in accordance with Article 73;
(c)the date on which this Convention enters into force in accordance with Article 68;
(d)exclusions from territorial application pursuant to Article 70;
(e)the date on which any amendment of this Convention enters into force in accordance with Article 66; and
(f)denunciations in accordance with Article 71.
DONE at Washington, in the English, French and Spanish languages, all three texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which has indicated by its signature below its agreement to fulfill the functions with which it is charged under this Convention.
