On 19 November 2019, the unchallenged arbitrators of the Canepa v Spain Tribunal, acting as the deciding authority under Article 58 of the ICSID Convention,⁴ rejected Spain’s proposal to disqualify the Claimants-appointed arbitrator in the case.⁵ One of the grounds for disqualification advanced by Spain pertained to the relationship between the Claimants’ appointee and a third-party funder.⁶ To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first published ICSID decision regarding a party’s attempt to unseat an arbitrator on the basis of his or her relationship with a third-party funder.⁷

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Canepa 诉西班牙1关于 ICSID 仲裁员与第三方资助者关系的一些观察

2019 年 11 月 19 日，作为 ICSID 公约第 58 条规定的裁决机构的Canepa 诉西班牙法庭的未受质疑仲裁员，⁴拒绝了西班牙关于取消申请人指定仲裁员资格的提议。⁵西班牙提出的取消资格的理由之一与索赔人的指定人与第三方资助者之间的关系有关。⁶据作者所知，这是第一次公布的 ICSID 决定，涉及一方试图根据他或她与第三方资助者的关系取消仲裁员席位。⁷