Joan Donoghue - ARBITRATOR PROFILE AND APPOINTMENTS

RECENT IAREPORTER COVERAGE ABOUT Joan Donoghue

• Analysis: International Court of Justice issues provisional measures order against Syria, directing the state to ensure compliance with the Convention against Torture and preserve evidence of potential violations
  Nov 17, 2023
• International Court of Justice allows 32 countries to intervene in the Genocide Convention case between Ukraine and Russia; US application, however, is rejected
  Jun 13, 2023
• In Guyana v. Venezuela, ICJ finds that argument based on Monetary Gold principle is not covered by res judicata, but is unconvinced that this principle applies to the case
  Apr 07, 2023
• ICJ President rules that investment arbitrator should be disqualified due to conflict created by his law firm’s involvement in separate matter
  Jul 15, 2022
• International Court of Justice finds that it has jurisdiction to examine facts that occurred after the instrument of consent had ceased to be in force
  Apr 22, 2022
• Analysis: ICJ orders Russia to suspend military operations based on the Genocide Convention; a minority of judges disagrees on the scope of the court's prima facie jurisdiction and the plausibility of Ukraine’s rights
  Mar 17, 2022
• ICJ issues provisional measures under Genocide Convention, ordering Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine
  Mar 16, 2022
• Analysis: International Court of Justice rules on compensation for unlawful war conduct, emphasizing that causation and burden of proof may vary depending on the circumstances
  Feb 22, 2022
• ICJ awards 325 million USD to the Democratic Republic of Congo over past military invasion
  Feb 09, 2022
• UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses treaty-based claims against Ethiopia
  Jul 12, 2021
• In Qatar v. UAE ICJ case, 11-6 majority finds that Convention against racial discrimination does not apply to differential treatment based on current nationality
  Feb 04, 2021
• On heels of an ICJ Judge accepting China’s invitation to sit in investor-state arbitration, the Court makes public its guidelines designed to curb such appointments
  Dec 23, 2020
• Analysis: in previously-confidential SolEs Badajoz v. Spain award, arbitrators lay out reasons for finding jurisdiction and awarding €40 million to investor for breach of the ECT
  Sep 04, 2019
• Breaking: Spain ordered to pay Sol Es Badajoz GmbH 40+ million (EUR) in Energy Charter Treaty case heard by Donoghue, Williams and Sacerdoti
  Aug 01, 2019
• Annulment committees weigh in with decisions on a pair of awards against Venezuela
  Apr 30, 2019
• ICJ President reveals that ICJ judges will not participate in investor-state arbitration in the future
  Oct 27, 2018
• Three are picked to hear Kazakhstan's effort to overturn arbitral award in Aktau Petrol case
  Mar 26, 2018
• Joan Donoghue is selected by appointing authority to chair Israel Chemical's BIT claim against Ethiopia
  Dec 13, 2017
• ICSID committee suspends annulment proceedings and lifts stay on enforcement in Vestey v. Venezuela
  Oct 27, 2017
• While rejecting merits of pending challenge, Alexandrov resigns, citing the fact that one of his two co-arbitrators has seeming doubts of his impartiality; Joubin-Bret also steps aside to take key UNCITRAL post
  Oct 26, 2017
• Co-arbitrators declare themselves to be "equally divided" on challenge to third tribunal member, thus putting ICSID in the driver's seat
  Oct 21, 2017
• Spain follows up on its annulment strategy by filing a request to disqualify arbitrator
  Sep 18, 2017
• International Court of Justice to have rare opportunity to weigh in on meaning of Fair and Equitable Treatment and other investment protections
  Mar 23, 2017
• Three named to hear Venezuela's attempt to overturn ICSID award in favour of UK agribusiness
  Nov 09, 2016
• Spain update: more claims surface in Stockholm and at ICSID, and several new tribunals are finalized
  Mar 03, 2016
• ANALYSIS: Arbitrators examine whether Indonesia’s regulatory oversight of bank amounts to “de facto” admission for purposes of bilateral investment treaty
  Nov 18, 2013
• In separate opinion, Prof. Sornarajah says UK BIT protects only “direct” investments, and Indonesia's “post-entry” regulation of banks is never akin to admission
  Nov 18, 2013
• Tribunal dismisses investor claim against Indonesia after debate over implications of UK investment treaty’s admission clause
  Jul 17, 2013
• As foreign investors arbitrate with India, the International Court of Justice could play an unusual role
  Nov 12, 2012
• Saudi investor dusts off long-ignored Islamic treaty and uses it to arbitrate with Indonesia over banking dispute
  Sep 19, 2012
• Arbitrators reject Indonesia’s preliminary effort to dismiss ICSID claims; complex issues in bank expropriation dispute require more pleading
  Apr 10, 2012
• Arbitrators named in investment arbitration claims against Zimbabwe, Indonesia and Pakistan
  Sep 27, 2011