...Article 26 (1) The jurisdiction of the Centre shall extend to any dispute of a legal character, arising directly out of an investment, between a Contracting...dispute consent in writing to submit to the Centre, vlhen the parties have given their consent, no party may withdraw its consent unilaterally. (2) Consent...

...absence of objections. Article 25 (1), the basic provision on jurisdiction, speaks in terms of disputes "which the parties to the dispute consent in writing to submit to the Centre". Article 36 (3) assumes that consent exists at the time when proceedings are instituted, that is, before...

...OF THE CENTER Art. 25. (1) The jurisdiction of the Center shall extend to any legal dispute arising directly out of an investment, between a Contracting...or agency of a Contracting State designated to the Center by that State) and a national of another Contracting State, which the parties to the dispute...

...Center "shall extend to any legal dispute arising directly out of an investment, between a Contracting State and a national of another Contracting State,...to the dispute consent in writing to submit to the Center." [US TIAS 6090; 17 UST 1270; 575 UNTS 159.] To date five cases have been submitted to the International...

...be necessary. Under the ICSID Convention, ICSID jurisdiction can only be extended to controversies "which the parties to the dispute consent in writing to submit to (ICSID]." Convention art. 25(1). The written request must "contain information concerning the issues...

...(1980), pp. 21 et seq. '" Under Article 25 No. 1, the jurisdiction of the Center extends to disputes "between a Contracting State (or any constituent subdivision...State) and a national of another Contracting State". Article 25 No. 3 reads as follows: "Consent by a constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting...

...Convention extends under Article 25 to legal disputes arising out of an investment between a Contracting a collective danger to the life, physical integrity...liberty of persons; or b. that it affected persons According to Article 25 (2) (b), a 'National of another Contracting State' includes 34. OECD, National...

...include those to which a Government or state trading agency is party. 25 of the Convention, to a dispute between "a Contracting State (or any constituent sub-division...State) and a national of another Contracting State". 13. The commonly accepted meaning of the expression "legal persons" would seem to include States and...

...25 of the ICSID Convention made provisions for the jurisdiction of the Centre to extend to disputes "between a contracting state (or any constituent subdivision...state) and a national of another contracting state." 114 emphasized that the free transfer of funds (draft guideline III, section 6) should be guaranteed...

...Article 25 of the said Convention, refer to the Centre legal disputes to which that Article applies and which the parties to the dispute consent in writing to submit to the Centre.". 4 On June 22, 1983 Israel notified the Centre that "Israel shall consider submitting to the Centre...