The two Iberdrola cases against Guatemala and their outcome
- The legal framework for foreign investment
- Arbitration and investor protection
- not audited
Both cases arose from the EEGSA tariff dispute (electricity distribution) under the Spain-Guatemala BIT, and Guatemala was not held liable in either. Iberdrola I (ICSID ARB/09/5): award of 17 August 2012, which declined jurisdiction over almost all the claims on the ground that this was a dispute of domestic law and dismissed the denial-of-justice claim on the merits. Iberdrola II (PCA No. 2017-41, UNCITRAL rules): final award of 24 August 2020, which declined jurisdiction except over the denial-of-justice claim, also dismissed; no breach of the treaty.
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- Iberdrola I award (ICSID ARB/09/5)
- 17 August 2012 — no liability found
- Iberdrola II final award (PCA 2017-41)
- 24 August 2020 — no liability found
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