ICSID Joins Costa Rica’s Objections To Jurisdiction To Merits Of BIT Case

(December 14, 2017, 9:58 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A tribunal for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Dec. 6 released its decision on jurisdiction in an arbitration commenced by a Canadian mining company against the Republic of Costa Rica, finding that Costa Rica’s objections to jurisdiction and the issue of whether the company had an investment under a bilateral investment treaty should be considered with the merits of the case (Infinito Gold Ltd. Claimant v. Republic of Costa Rica, No. ARB/14/5, ICSID)....