2008-03-04Investor-State Disputes as a Specific Category in the Modern International Arbitration Since the end of 1990s, a remarkable rise of investor-State disputes (“ISDs”) has been observed after decades of a relatively peaceful period in this area of arbitration. Ukraine, as a respondent party, has already taken part, so far quite successfully, in seven ISDs based on international investment treaties (“IITs”). Some thoughts on the ISDs are presented by Dr. Sergey Voitovich,...