MECHANISMS FOR SETTLEMENT OF ASEAN INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES UNDER THE ASEAN COMPREHENSIVE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
Nguyễn Quỳnh Anh
Abstract
The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) clearly defines the scope of dispute settlement, institutions for dispute settlement, measures, steps and procedures for settlement of ASEAN investor-state disputes. The paper briefly introduces the course of formation and development of the ISDS mechanism of ASEAN; closely analyses the content of the ISDS mechanism under the ACIA and evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of this mechanism under operation.