In Cortec v. Kenya, an investor-state arbitral tribunal established under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) held it lacked jurisdiction to hear a dispute concerning a mining project that the tribunal found did not comply with domestic environmental law. The award raises significant issues of public international law, including how questions of investor compliance are considered in investor-state dispute settlement and the legal implications of investor noncompliance. The issues resonate with wider debates about balancing investor rights and obligations in the international investment regime.

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Cortec Mining Kenya Limited、Cortec (Pty) Limited 和 Stirling Capital Limited 诉肯尼亚共和国

在Cortec 诉肯尼亚，根据双边投资条约 (BIT) 成立的投资者-国家仲裁庭认为，它没有管辖权来审理与仲裁庭认定不符合国内环境法的采矿项目有关的争议。该裁决提出了国际公法的重大问题，包括如何在投资者与国家争端解决中考虑投资者合规问题以及投资者不合规的法律影响。这些问题引起了关于在国际投资制度中平衡投资者权利和义务的更广泛辩论。