ICSID Tribunal Bifurcates Business’s Claims Against Cameroon For CEO’s Arrest

(April 29, 2021, 11:01 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal in a decision published April 27 ordered bifurcation to first address the Republic of Cameroon’s jurisdictional objections to a U.S. business’s claims against it for allegedly violating the U.S.-Cameroon bilateral investment treaty (BIT) by expropriating its investment and imprisoning its CEO....