Upholding States Sovereignty under the ICSID Convention through the Concept of Consent

The motivation behind this paper is to analyze how the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (hereinafter ICSID Convention) upholds states sovereignty pursuit through the concept of consent. In doing so, the author shall analyze: the brief history behind the creation of the ICSID Convention, the jurisdiction of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (hereinafter ICSID) over investor-state disputes; analyze what constitutes the doctrine of sovereign immunity, and analyze the seminal provisions of ICSID Convention that seek to uphold states sovereignty through the concept of consent. Lastly, the paper shall give a conclusion on whether the concept of consent as envisaged under the ICSID Convention has succeeded in upholding states sovereign immunity