ABSTRACT
Eric de Brabandere attempts to reevaluate the multifaceted role and involvement of non-state actors in the settlement of international disputes. He especially zeroes in on the active participation of non-state actors in dispute settlement procedures and the position of individuals and corporations as parties in recent investment dispute settlement procedures. His inquiry also includes some thoughts on the role played by NGOs as amici curiae in international proceedings. In doing so, he argues that the diversity of solutions found in practice should entice us to resist the temptation of formalizing the status of non-state actors in international dispute settlement, although it is a natural inclination of scholars to seek to do so.
