ICSID: Equatorial Guinea Signs the ICSID Convention

Published on June 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 13, 2024 — The Republic of Equatorial Guinea’s Ambassador to the United States, H.E. Crisantos Obama Ondo, signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, also known as the ICSID Convention on behalf of Equatorial Guinea today. The ICSID Convention, which entered into force in 1966, establishes the institutional a...

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