Research on the International Investment Arbitration Appeal Mechanism of the ICSID 

Congying REN 

Ph.D. candidate of China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China 

Abstract: On the basis of considering the develop history of the arbitration mechanism of the ICSID and analyzing its crisis of legitimacy, this paper arranges the most popular ways to solve its crisis of legitimacy, which is the germination and development process of international investment arbitration appeal mechanism. Depending on the concrete proposals of establishing appeal mechanism put forwarded by the ICSID Secretariat Discussion Paper of 2004, the paper analyzes and put forwards the basic principles and system guarantee of International Investment Arbitration Appeal Mechanism under the ICSID and expounds the enlightenment of constructing the appeal mechanism of the ICSID to China. 

Keywords: International investment arbitration; ICSID; Appeal mechanism