“…Existing and proposed ISDS mechanisms follow procedures separate from the host country's legal system, mostly relying on ad hoc panels that decide on monetary compensations of foreign investors for increases in costs, or reductions in revenues, that are caused by "unjustified" government regulation. 1 According to UNCTAD, known treaty-based arbitrations amount to 942 cases of which 602 have been concluded. Of the concluded cases, 35.7 % were won by states, 28.7 % were won by investors, and the remainder was either settled, discontinued or decided in favor of neither party.…”