Exclusivity of the ICSID's jurisdiction?

This paper is dedicated to the valuable effort to establish exclusive jurisdiction of an international arbitral forum for settlement of investment disputes between states and nationals of other states. Although the new attitude in international law towards the abandonment of "exhaustion of local remedies" rule and limitation of the right to diplomatic protection were shown in Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States, the Convention still contains compromises between traditional doctrinal standing points. Exclusivity of the ICSID's jurisdiction is not complete and it is seriously modified with the possibility given to contracting parties to stipulate "something else". The author pleads for the adoption of new rules without exceptions and direct access to the international forum of any individual and private person regarding disputes in civil matters with states - without any restriction ratione materiae and ratione personae contained in 1965 Washington Convention