Editorial

Dr Cristina Alexe, FCIArb

Wrapping up the latest developments for the past trimester of 2025, we note the announcement coming from ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) on 17 October 2020 on its 2025 Annual Report, offering a comprehensive overview of the Centre's activities during the fiscal year 2025 (FY2025), which covered the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. The year 2025, the year of the 60^th anniversary of the ICSID Convention, records the highest number of registered proceedings during a single fiscal year (109, including new cases and post-award remedies), the highest number of administered cases in a fiscal year (347), and the second highest number of concluded cases in a fiscal year (81). The largest share of cases registered in FY2025 involved States in Sub Saharan Africa (24%), followed by States in Central America and the Caribbean (19%), South America (18%), Eastern Europe and Central Asia (12%), Western Europe (9%), North...