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Unlevel playing field
November 2008
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Creation, structure and functioning of ICSID
Context: The Decade of the Nineties
ICSID's Creation
The Role of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
Characteristics of ICSID Legal Proceedings
Prerequisites for ICSID Jurisdiction
ICSID Facts and Figures
Chapter 2: Observations to the system created by ICSID and the BITs
The Relationship between ICSID and The World Bank
Questions regarding the Day-to-day Functioning of ICSID
The Accumulation of Cases against One Country: Argentina
Chapter 3: The cases of Bechtel and Suez
The Case of Bechtel
The Case of Suez
The Relevance of Cases in relation to
Human Rights Protection
Chapter 4: Challenging ICSID
States and their Alternatives
Civil Society: Alternatives to the System
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