AES Corporation v Argentina, Decision on jurisdiction, ICSID Case No ARB/02/17, (2005) 12 ICSID Rep 308, IIC 4 (2005), 26th April 2005, United Nations [UN]; World Bank; International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes [ICSID]
Whether the Tribunal of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (‘ICSID’) had jurisdiction to hear the case under Article 25 of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States
Whether earlier decisions on jurisdiction in the Argentinean cases under the same Bi Lateral Investment Treaty had any relevance or were precedents.
The extent to which specific contract forum selection clauses precluded ICSID arbitration.