The Paris court of appeal set aside an arbitral award based on article 1520(5) of the CPC, which sanctions arbitral awards in violation of international public order. At issue was an award enshrining a settlement agreement homologated by the arbitral tribunal, the setting aside of which was requested by Libya, which considered that the agreement had been obtained unlawfully. The court accepted the claimant’s allegations and considered that it had gathered sufficient serious, detailed and consistent red flags of corruption, even though during the arbitration proceedings, allegations of corruption had neither been raised by the disputing parties nor by the arbitral tribunal.