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Time and Compromise in UNCITRAL’s Working Group III

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Summary:

In multilateral negotiations, time has a tangible effect on the flow and conduct of deliberations. As negotiating deadlines approach, time becomes a tool of pressure, one used to induce compromise or force closure. In this blogpost, published with the European Journal of International Law, we explore how this time-compromise dynamic plays out in the ongoing negotiations to reform investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the UN’s trade law body.
  • Published year: 2025
  • Full version: Read here
  • Publisher: EJIL:Talk!/European Journal of International Law

Themes

  • Diplomacy
  • United Nations