This Oxford Union-style panel will delve into two issues, with one panellist defending the motion and the other rebutting it. The first motion will be: ‘this house believes that international arbitral tribunals should rely more frequently on tribunal-appointed experts’ evidence’. While in some jurisdictions it is common practice for courts and arbitral tribunals to heavily rely on tribunal-appointed experts, in international arbitration this is rarely the case and the evidence gathering relating to complex technical and quantum issues is generally left to the parties and the party-appointed experts. During the motion the panellists will discuss the pros and cons of the two approaches. The second motion will be: ‘this house believes that foreign investors receive adequate protection from investor-state arbitration when investing in Latin America’. Many Latin American states have gone through important political and regulatory changes over the last few years. Moreover, the only states that have denounced the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention so far come from the region. During the motion, the panellists will discuss the level of protection that foreign investors can encounter in Latin America.