Matter
Quiborax S.A. and Non-Metallic Minerals S.A. v. Plurinational State of Bolivia (ICSID Case No. ARB/06/2)
Quiborax's mining investment dispute with Bolivia, concerning revocation of mineral concessions and objections to investor ownership and treaty jurisdiction.
Procedural record
- 27 September 2012Arbitration
27 September 2012Arbitration
Decision on Jurisdiction dated 27 September 2012
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Decision summary
- The Arbitral Tribunal declared that it had jurisdiction over the claims of Quiborax and Non-Metallic Minerals S.A., but no jurisdiction over the claims of Allan Henry Isaac Fosk Kaplun. It declared the witness statement of Ricardo Ramos, Bolivia's objections to jurisdiction, and evidence arising from the Bolivian criminal proceedings admissible. It declared the claims of Quiborax and Non-Metallic Minerals S.A. admissible, directed continuation toward the merits phase, deferred the request for a declaratory judgment under Article 37 of the Articles on State Responsibility, and reserved costs for a subsequent decision.
Participants
Quiborax S.A.
- Representative
- Andres Jana (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Jorge Bofill (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Ana Carolina Simoes E Silva (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Francisco Paredes-Balladares (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Anna Valdes Pascal (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Pacome Ziegler (For: Quiborax S.A.)
- Representative
- Fernando Rojas (For: Quiborax S.A.)
Non-Metallic Minerals S.A.
Allan Henry Isaac Fosk Kaplun
Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Representative
- Johanna Klein Kranenberg (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Ximena Fuentes (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Rodrigo Gil (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Constanza Onetto (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Hugo Montero Lara (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Elizabeth Arismendi Chumacero (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Danny Javier Lopez Solis (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Pierre Mayer (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Eduardo SILVA ROMERO (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
- Representative
- Jose Manuel Garcia Represa (For: Plurinational State of Bolivia)
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Arbitrator
- Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler
- Arbitrator
- Marc Lalonde
- Arbitrator
- Brigitte Stern
- Tribunal secretary
- Natali Sequeira
- Tribunal secretary
- Gustavo Laborde
Other
- Witness
- Allan Henry Isaac Fosk Kaplun
- Witness
- Ricardo Ramos
- Expert
- Albert Lyter III
- Expert
- Carlos Rosenkrantz
- Expert
- Ivan Salame Gonzalez-Aramayo
- Expert
- Juan Pablo de Luca
- Expert
- Linda James
- Expert
- Jean-Louis Clement
- Expert
- Christine Jouishomme