In our last post, we analysed Croatia’s denunciation of its arbitration with Slovenia emerging from the scandal of secret communications between the arbitrator of Slovenian nationality and the Slovenian agent. In this final post, we examine the ramifications of the scandal for the international judicial system: that is, the informal set of international courts and tribunals in…

As we described in our first post of last week, the completion of the arbitration between Croatia and Slovenia has been thrown into doubt by the revelation of illicit contacts between the Slovenian arbitrator (‘Slovenia’s arbitrator’? Or ‘the arbitrator of Slovenian nationality’? More on this in our next post) and the Slovenian agent. On 24 July, Croatia…

The Arbitration between Croatia and Slovenia, brokered by the European Commission, conducted under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and concerning delimitation of the maritime and land boundary between the two States, has been ongoing over the past three years. By the Tribunal’s estimation, it has featured nearly 1,500 documentary exhibits and legal authorities and 250…