( October 29, 2024, 1:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) published a tribunal’s decision rejecting a Luxembourgian investor’s request to disqualify the arbitrator appointed by Ukraine from hearing its $1 billion claim against Ukraine for expropriating its investment, finding that the arbitrator’s expressed views on the Russia-Ukraine conflict do not render him incapable of independence and impartiality....