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ICSID 2013 Annual ReportInternational investment law and
 international investment arbitration are relatively new
 disciplines: the first bilateral investment treaty was
 signed by Pakistan and Germany in 1959, the first investment
 treaty offering investor-state arbitration was concluded in
 1968 between the Netherlands and Indonesia, the first
 International Center for Settlement of Investment Dispute
 (ICSID) case was registered in 1972, and the first
 treaty-based investment case was registered by the Centre in
 1987. The Centre itself was established in 1966, along with
 the coming into force of the ICSID convention. It was the
 first dispute resolution facility designed exclusively for
 international investment dispute settlement, and it
 continues to be the only international facility dedicated to
 this area. This specialized mandate has allowed ICSID to
 develop an unparalleled expertise and focus, which benefits
 disputing parties, arbitrators and contracting states.
 Cumulatively, ICSID has administered over 430 cases,
 involving foreign investors from all regions of the world
 and more than 95 states and state agencies under the ICSID
 convention and rules. In addition, it has administered over
 40 investment arbitration cases initiated under the United
 Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
 arbitration rules and other arbitral rules. The
 end-of-fiscal year results confirm that ICSID remains the
 leader in international investment dispute resolution. This
 report is organized as follows: chapter one gives
 introduction; chapter two gives list of contracting states
 and other signatories of the convention; chapter three
 presents panels of arbitrators and of conciliators; chapter
 four gives operations of the Centre; chapter five presents
 outreach of ICSID; chapter six deals with forty-sixth annual
 meeting of the administrative council; and chapter seven
 presents financial statements of ICSID.
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Infrastructure Regulation : A Review of International Instruments and Compliance MechanismsThe paper reviews first the most formal
 such instruments, such as bilateral and multilateral
 treaties, that include commitments regarding regulatory
 processes and/or outcomes. Next, it will consider less
 formal instruments, such as institutional guidelines and
 model rules, that promote principles for regulatory good
 practices. Finally, it will consider the different
 mechanisms available to promote compliance with these norms
 using both binding and non-binding devices. Two tables
 summarizing the assessments of these instruments and
 compliance mechanisms are appended at the conclusion of the
 report.Furthermore, this paper undertakes to review the
 international instruments that incorporate standards for
 domestic regulatory good practices or move toward creating
 international regulatory regimes, and the mechanisms that
 promote or secure compliance with those good practices and regimes.
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ICSID 2012 Annual ReportThe recent growth in investor-state
 arbitration has continued apace. International Center for
 Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID) registered a record
 38 cases in 2011, and had registered 19 further cases by
 June 30, 2012. Included in these numbers are 3 new
 conciliation cases, showing an increased resort not simply
 to arbitration but also to alternative methods of dispute
 resolution available under the ICSID convention and
 additional facility. Such statistics should not be
 considered in isolation from their broader economic context.
 There have been unprecedented increases in global flows of
 foreign direct investment in the last two decades. These
 statistics must also be read in light of the fact that
 international investment law and investor-state dispute
 settlement are a new discipline. ICSID continues to play a
 vital role in the evolving international investment legal
 system. Its primary job is very specific: to offer foreign
 investors and host States an impartial, effective and
 accessible facility for arbitration and conciliation of
 international investment disputes. ICSID has taken numerous
 steps in the past year to enhance its capacity to fulfill
 this role. In September of 2011, ICSID announced a new list
 of Chairman's appointees to the panel of arbitrators
 and panel of conciliators. ICSID will continue its efforts
 to provide excellent service to disputing parties in the
 upcoming year.