MOOC Arbitration Leiden Week 3 Answers

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1 What distinguishes arbitration tribunals from standing tribunals?

Arbitration tribunals are political bodies


X The law applicable by arbitration tribunals to the settlement of the disputes
is chosen by the parties
X The decisions of arbitration tribunals are binding upon the parties to the
disputes
The members of arbitration tribunals are appointed by the parties to the
disputes

2 When was the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) created?


1648
OK 1899
1945
1989

3 Which statement about the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is inaccurate?


The PCA administers negotiations
The PCA administers conciliation
NO The PCA administers fact-finding
The PCA administers arbitration

4 What is meant when it is said that inter-state arbitration is consent-based?


The individuals asked by states to act as arbitrators have to accept this
function
States have to accept that their disputes will be settled by an arbitration
tribunal
NO States have to accept the decisions of arbitration tribunals for these decisions
to be binding upon them

5 What has been the evolution of the use of arbitration to settle inter-state
disputes since the end of the Cold War?
OK Its use has increased
Its use has declined progressively
It has not been used since then
Its use has remained the same

6 Where was the Arctic Sunrise case settled?


OK At the Permanent Court of Arbitration
At the General Assembly of the United Nations
At the International Criminal Court
At the International Court of Justice

7 Why was investor-state arbitration created?


To avoid the settlement of investor-state disputes by domestic tribunals
X To avoid the settlement of investor-state disputes through diplomatic protection
X To politicize the settlement of investor-state disputes

8 With respect to investor-state arbitration, which of the following statements is


accurate?
The parties to the dispute do not need to express their consent for an
arbitration tribunal to be entitled to settle the dispute
Only the consent of the state party to the dispute is needed for an arbitration
tribunal to be entitled to settle the dispute
Only the consent of the investor party to the dispute is needed for an
arbitration tribunal to be entitled to settle the dispute
OK The consent of both the state and the investor parties to the dispute is needed
for an arbitration tribunal to be entitled to settle the dispute

9 Which of the following proposals is not formulated to reform the settlement of


investor-state disputes?
Make investor-state arbitration more confidential
OK Grant a greater role to domestic tribunals
Forbid the public to attend hearings
OK Publish the decisions and awards of arbitration tribunals more systematically

10 Frage 10
In the Philipp Morris v Uruguay case, which public interest did the World Health
Organization aim to protect when asking the arbitration tribunal the authorization
to file an Amicus Curiae brief?
Plant life
OK Public health
Labour rights
The environment

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