INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TRIBUNALS’ JURISDICTION TO DECIDE COUNTERCLAIMS: INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 46 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTE BETWEEN STATES AND NATIONALS OF 1965
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A counterclaim is an option for a respondent or a host state to claim rights, either to assert damages or to begin any international investment disputes. International investment tribunals’ jurisdiction to decide counterclaims is expressly guaranteed in Article 46 of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States of 1965 (ICSID Convention), requiring that 1) a counterclaim shall be within the scope of the consent of the disputing parties; and 2) a counterclaim shall directly connect to the subject matter of the dispute.
This research reveals that 1) for the conditions of disputing parties’ consent, if the disputing parties expressly agree that the tribunal has jurisdiction to decide counterclaims or disputes related to an investment, the counterclaims are within the scope of the consent of the disputing parties. But if the consent of the disputing parties limits the tribunal's jurisdiction to decide only disputes based on investment treaty obligations or claims by investors, the counterclaims are not within the consent of the disputing parties; 2) for the conditions of a direct connection to the subject matter of the dispute, if the counterclaims have factual connection and legal connection to the principal claims, the tribunals tend to decide that the counterclaims directly connect to the subject matter of the disputes. Anyway, the conditions of disputing parties’ consent and the conditions of a direct connection are key obstacles to international investment tribunals’ jurisdiction to decide counterclaims.
Thus, this article suggests approaches for drafting or amending investment treaties, for determining clear consent of the disputing parties in other relating documents, for accepting consent of the disputing parties where a clear statement is not manifest, for filing appropriate counterclaims, for searching for direct connection to the subject matter of the dispute through the content of the claims, and for the possibility of filing counterclaims of Thailand in international investment disputes.
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บทความหรือข้อความคิดเห็นใด ๆ ที่ปรากฏในวารสารบัณฑิตศึกษานิติศาสตร์เป็นวรรณกรรมของผู้เขียนโดยเฉพาะคณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ และบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย
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บรรณานุกรม
หนังสือ
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นาถนิรันดร์ จันทร์งาม, หลักพื้นฐานของกฎหมายการลงทุนระหว่างประเทศและการดำเนินการลงทุนระหว่างประเทศ (พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 1, โครงการตำราและเอกสารประกอบการสอน คณะนิติศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ 2562).
ไพโรจน์ วายุภาพ, คำอธิบายกฎหมายวิธีพิจารณาความแพ่ง ภาค 1 ลักษณะ 1 วิธีพิจารณาสามัญในศาลชั้นต้น (พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 2, สำนักอบรมศึกษากฎหมายแห่งเนติบัณฑิตยสภา 2546).
เสาวนีย์ อัศวโรจน์, คำอธิบายกฎหมายว่าด้วยวิธีการระงับข้อพิพาททางธุรกิจโดยการอนุญาโตตุลาการ (พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 4, วิญญูชน 2566).
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กฎหมายภายใน
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