How to encourage the flow of sustainable FDI for sustainable development? This article examines the state of the international investment law and policy regime and presents potential options for its reform.
Con el fin de incidir en la campaña electoral y a una semana del Consejo Europeo que afrontará la polémica negociación del TTIP, se presenta el informe ’Justicia privatizada. El Estado español y los mecanismos de resolución de controversias inversor-Estado’
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes a reference to the UN process to establish binding rules that would force multinational corporations to respect human rights laws, but calls on the EU to start actively supporting this UN process.
High-level South Korean diplomats have expressed their preference for the old investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system over the Investment Court System (ICS) in the framework of a future investment chapter in the EU-South Korea FTA.
Legal practitioners have been saying for some time now that SA’s Protection of Investment Act is not in sync with the country’s commitments under the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Finance and Investment.
Mediation presents a credible and compelling option for both investors and states to settle disputes, disagreements and other conflicts arising from investment activities.
La commissaire européenne pour le commerce a rencontré le ministre de l’économie du Mexique afin de marquer l’ouverture de nouvelles négociations sur les échanges et les investissements.
The EU and Mexico will kick off its first negotiation round for overhauling their bilateral trade agreement, talks that will include the EU’s new Investment Court System (ICS).
India has written to 47 countries to nullify the existing bilateral investment agreements and ink fresh treaties that will make it mandatory for foreign investors to exhaust local judicial remedies before seeking arbitration.