ULUSLARARASI YATIRIM TAHKİMİNDE DEVLET LEHİNE MANEVİ TAZMİNATA İLİŞKİN DÜŞÜNCELER

Uluslararası yatırım tahkimi uygulamasında maddi olmayan zararlar için parasal tazminat taleplerinin artmakta olduğu görülmektedir. Maddi olmayan zarar kavramının kapsamının göreceli olarak belirsiz olması ve konu ile ilgili öğretideki görüşlerin farklılık arz etmesi hakem heyetlerinin bu talepleri değerlendirirken karşılaştıkları güçlüklerin nedenleri arasındadır. Hakem heyetlerinin yabancı yatırımcılar lehine manevi tazminata hükmederken kararsızlık yaşamadıkları, buna karşılık tazminat talebinde bulunanın davalı devlet olduğu durumlarda isteksiz oldukları görülmektedir. Bugüne kadar hakem heyetleri kamuya açık hiçbir davada yatırımcıların kötü niyetli eylemlerinden dolayı davalı devletlerin maruz kaldığı gayri maddi zararların parasal tazmin ile giderilmesi yönünde karar vermemişlerdir. Bu yönde karar verilmesinin önünde hukuki bir engel bulunmamasına rağmen hakem heyetleri davalı devletleri başka araçlar kullanarak tatmin etmeyi tercih etmişlerdir. Bu makalede, uluslararası yatırım tahkiminde manevi tazminatın yeri irdelenmekte ve hakem heyetlerinin davalı devlet lehine manevi tazminata hükmetmedeki isteksizliklerinin nedenleri hakem heyetlerinin ilgili kararlarının ışığında değerlendirilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Uluslararası yatırım tahkimi, manevi tazminat, sürecin suistimali, ICSID, ISDS

Requests for monetary compensation for non-material damages in the practice of international investment arbitration are on the rise. The relatively vague nature of the scope of non-material damages and the existing conflicting views of scholars on the issue are among the hurdles the tribunals encounter while addressing these requests. It has been observed that the tribunals have not been much indecisive when awarding moral damages to claimants. Yet, tribunals have been quite unwilling in cases where the moral damages requests are made by respondent states. In fact, so far, tribunals have awarded no monetary compensation to states for non-material damages caused by mala fide conduct of investors. Although there has been no legal obstacle preventing awarding moral damages to states, tribunals have preferred to satisfy states by deploying alternative tools. This article discusses the role of moral damages in international investment arbitration together with the underlying reasons of tribunals’ unwillingness in terms of awarding monetary compensation to states for the non-material damage they have suffered in the light of relevant arbitral case law.

Keywords:

International investment law, moral damages, abuse of process, ICSID, ISDS,

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