Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea v. Atlantic Triton Company

Abstract

State immunity — Attachment and execution — State corporation — Independent legal personality — Whether entitled to immunity from attachmentArbitration — Procedure — Competence — ICSID arbitration — Whether competence of tribunal excludes jurisdiction of municipal courts — Interim relief — Whether parties entitled to seek interim relief from municipal courts in order to guarantee execution of subsequent award — Washington Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, 1965 — Article 26Economics, trade and finance — State contracts — ICSID arbitration — Whether recourse to municipal courts for interim relief excludedTreaties — Interpretation — Powers of municipal courts — The law of France