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Key ISDS facts
- Amount of ISDS cases: 1104 (2020)
- Total claimed amount: $US 570 billion (2018)
- Average amount claimed by investors: US$ 1.5 billion
- Average amount awarded by tribunals: US$ 438 million
- Largest award: US$ 50 billion (Yukos vs. Russia)
- Results of decisions (on the merits): 61% in favour of investors (2019)
- Most invoked treaty in ISDS arbitrations: Energy Charter Treaty (135 cases)
- Investor legal costs on average: US$ 6.4 million
- States legal costs on average: US$ 4.7 million
- ISDS proceedings average length: 4 years and a half
(Source: UNCTAD, BIICL, SOMO)