ICSID Tribunal Denies Nicaragua’s Request To Redact Arbitration Docs

Mealey's (August 16, 2022, 10:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal on Aug. 9 rejected the Republic of Nicaragua’s request to redact names of various Nicaraguan officials from documents published by ICSID in an American investor’s $590 million arbitration against it for the expropriation and destruction of an avocado plantation by paramilitaries, after finding the Nicaraguan law that prohibits publishing information harmful to an individual’s “honor and reputation” inapplicable to the dispute....