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ICSID Case No INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) PROCEDURAL ORDER NO. 2 Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures Members of the Tribunal Prof. Dr. August Reinisch, President of the Tribunal Ms. Olufunke Adekoya, SAN, Arbitrator Prof. Dr. Guido Santiago Tawil, Arbitrator Secretary of the Tribunal Dr. Jonathan Chevry 28 July 2020 Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) Procedural Order No. 2 – Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION AND PARTIES ...................................................................................... 1 II. THE RELEVANT PROCEDURAL STEPS ......................................................................... 2 III. BACKGROUND ON THE CLAIMANT’S REQUEST ..................................................... 10 A. The Parties’ Underlying Dispute .................................................................................. 10 B. Recent Events and the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures ......................... 12 IV. THE PARTIES’ POSITIONS .............................................................................................. 16 A. The Claimant’s Position ............................................................................................... 16 (1) The Tribunal’s Power to Grant the Provisional Measures Requested by the Claimant and the Standard for Intervention by the Tribunal ................................ 16 (2) The Issue of Burden of Proof ................................................................................ 19 (3) The Claimant’s Request Satisfies the Legal Standard for the Recommendation of Provisional Measures ............................................................................................ 20 (4) The Claimant’s Responses to the Tribunal’s Questions of 8 July 2020 ............... 24 (5) The Claimant’s Request for Relief ....................................................................... 25 B. The Respondent’s Position ........................................................................................... 27 (1) The Tribunal’s Power to Order Interim and Provisional Measures and the Legal Test for the Issuance of Provisional Measures ..................................................... 27 (2) The Respondent’s Arguments on the Claimant’s Failure to Meet its Burden of Proof ...................................................................................................................... 28 (3) The Respondent’s Arguments on the Five Criteria for the Imposition of Provisional Measure.............................................................................................. 29 (4) The Respondent’s Responses to the Tribunal’s Questions of 8 July 2020 ........... 31 (5) The Respondent’s Request for Relief ................................................................... 32 V. THE TRIBUNAL’S CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................... 33 A. The Tribunal’s Analysis ............................................................................................... 33 B. The Legal Framework .................................................................................................. 33 C. The Power to Grant the Requested Relief Concerning the Conduct of Criminal Proceedings .................................................................................................................. 34 D. Burden and Standard of Proof ...................................................................................... 37 E. Prima Facie Jurisdiction .............................................................................................. 39 F. Necessity, Urgency and Proportionality ....................................................................... 42 G. Rights to be Protected ................................................................................................... 46 ii Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) Procedural Order No. 2 – Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures (1) Criminal Investigations against and Treatment of SL Mining Personnel ............. 48 (2) Documents seized ................................................................................................. 53 (3) Aggravation of the Dispute ................................................................................... 54 H. Concluding Observations ............................................................................................. 56 VI. DECISION ........................................................................................................................... 56 iii Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) Procedural Order No. 2 – Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures I. INTRODUCTION AND PARTIES 1. The present dispute has been submitted to arbitration under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID” or the “Centre”) on the basis of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Sierra Leone for the Promotion and Protection of Investments which entered into force on 20 November 2001 (the “UK - Sierra Leone BIT” or the “BIT”) and the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, which entered into force on 14 October 1966 (the “ICSID Convention”). 2. The Claimant is Gerald International Limited (“Gerald” or the “Claimant”), a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. The Claimant is represented in this proceeding by Mr. John Savage QC, Mr. Kenneth R. Fleuriet, Mr. Giorgio Francesco Mandelli, Mr. Charles B. Rosenberg, Ms. Ema Vidak Gojkovic and Mr. Julian AG Ranetunge, of the law firm King & Spalding (London and Washington D.C. offices). 3. The Respondent is the Republic of Sierra Leone (“Sierra Leone” or the “Respondent”). The Respondent is represented in this proceeding by Mr. Osman Kanu, Legal Adviser within the Government of Sierra Leone,1 and Mr. Charlie Lightfoot, Mr. Jason Yardley, Ms. Mélida Hodgson, Ms. Rachael Cresswell, Ms. Patricia Cruz Trabanino, Mr. Sebastian Canon Urrutia and Ms. Elizabeth Edmondson, of the law firm Jenner & Block (London, New York, and Washington D.C. offices). 4. The Claimant and the Respondent are collectively referred to as the “Parties.” 5. This order sets out the Tribunal’s analysis of and decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures submitted on 19 May 2020 and modified in subsequent submissions. 1 Dr. Priscilla Schwartz, former Attorney General of Sierra Leone, represented the Respondent until 13 July 2020. 1 Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) Procedural Order No. 2 – Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures II. THE RELEVANT PROCEDURAL STEPS 6. On 18 October 2019, Gerald filed a Request for Arbitration against Sierra Leone (the “Request for Arbitration”), together with Factual Exhibits C-1 through C-33 and Legal Authorities CLA-1 through CLA-3. 7. On 1 November 2019, the Secretary General of ICSID registered the Request for Arbitration in accordance with Article 36(3) of the ICSID Convention and notified the Parties of the registration. 8. On 24 January 2020, the Claimant informed ICSID that it wished to appoint Prof. Dr. Guido Santiago Tawil, a national of Argentina, and the Respondent informed that it wished to appoint Ms. Funke Adekoya, SAN, a national of Nigeria and the United Kingdom, as arbitrators in this case. 9. As a result of an exchange of emails dated 21 and 27 of January 2020 on the method of constituting the Tribunal, on 27 January 2020, the Respondent informed that the Parties had not been able to reach an agreement on the procedure for the appointment of the President of the Tribunal. 10. By letter of 28 January 2020, the Centre informed that it “can take no action with respect to the appointment of an arbitrator before the method of constituting the whole Tribunal has been established, either pursuant to Article 37(2)(a) or pursuant to Article 37(2)(b) of the Convention.” 11. On 5 February 2020, the Claimant requested that the Tribunal be constituted pursuant to Article 37(2)(b) of the ICSID Convention and that the President of the Tribunal be appointed pursuant to Article 38 of the ICSID Convention and ICSID Arbitration Rule 4. 12. On 6 February 2020, the Centre informed the Parties that the Tribunal is to be constituted pursuant to Article 37(2)(b) of the ICSID Convention and it would proceed to seek Prof. Tawil’s and Ms. Adekoya’s acceptance of their respective appointments. The Centre also 2 Gerald International Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/31) Procedural Order No. 2 – Decision on the Claimant’s Request for Provisional Measures proposed to conduct a ballot to assist the Parties in selecting a mutually agreeable presiding arbitrator. 13. On 11 and 12 February 2020, Prof. Tawil and Ms. Adekoya, respectively, accepted their appointments as arbitrators in this case. 14. On 25 February 2020, following the Parties agreement on the ballot procedure, ICSID provided a list of candidates to serve as presiding arbitrator to the Parties. 15. On 5 March 2020, ICSID informed the Parties that the ballot did not result in the selection
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