Ms. Rabab Yasseen, Partner at Mentha & Partners, Deputy Judge to the Civil Courts in Geneva and Member of the CRCICA Advisory Committee represented CRCICA in the 36^th session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III held in Vienna, from 29 October to 2 November 2018.

General statements made at the outset of the session underlined the importance of improving the global investment environment in a way that encourages fairness and promotes investment policies in line with the pillars of sustainable development. The session was devoted to considering and reaching a decision on whether reforms of the ISDS regime were desirable in light of the following concerns: lack of consistency and predictability of arbitral awards rendered by ISDS tribunals; concerns related to arbitrators, decision-makers and those relating to cost and duration of the cases.

The session was attended by some 50 member States, 40 observer States and 60 observer organizations including CRCICA.