Philip Morris v. Uruguay: Implications for Public Health: Philip Morris Brands Sarl, Philip Morris Products SA and Abal Hermanos SA v. Oriental Republic of Uruguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/7, Award, 8 July 2016 (Piero Bernardini, Gary Born, James Crawford)

摘要

On 8 July 2016, the Award of the Tribunal in Philip Morris v Uruguay was dispatched to the Parties and made publicly available. Almost precisely three years earlier, the Tribunal had rejected all of Uruguay's jurisdictional objections. When it came to the merits, the Tribunal not only found in favour of Uruguay with respect to all claims (unanimously in some instances, and by a two-to-one majority in others), but also ordered the Claimants to pay USD seven million to the Respondent towards its legal costs (para 590) (estimated by the Respondent at approximately USD 10.3 million) (para 583) and to cover the fees and expenses of the Tribunal and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (estimated at USD 1.4 million) (para 590).