At the end of 2012, thirteen cases were pending in the PCA’s docket. In most of the cases, the court continued to provide administrative support for conducting arbitration proceedings. Out of these, four cases involved environmental issues. In all of these cases, the court acted as registry. The first case was the Arbitration between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia, and it related to territorial and maritime issues. In the Republic of Mauritius v The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v India), and Bangladesh v India, the PCA continued to perform its administrative role. In this ongoing dispute between Pakistan and India, the Kishenganga Hydro-Electric Project (KHEP), which is currently under construction by India on the Kishenganga/Neelum River, has brought the two countries into conflict. In regard to the technicality of issues, as well as the actual dispute, the Court of Arbitration conducted a second site visit to the Kishenganga/Neelum River Valley on 15 February. Notes and photographs were taken during the site visit. On 20 August, the court commenced the hearing on the merits in the matter. It continued for two weeks, and the hearing concluded on 1 September. The hearing was opened by Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, chairman of the Court of Arbitration, who underlined the historic importance of the Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration for inter-state arbitration and the PCA. In these proceedings, Pakistan placed two matters before the court: ...