Les plaintes ont été déposées en vertu du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie, une convention internationale qui permet aux entreprises de poursuivre les pays signataires pour des décisions qui affectent leurs investissements dans le secteur de l’énergie.
The claims have been brought forward under the Energy Charter Treaty, an international convention which allows companies to sue signatory countries over decisions that affect their energy investments.
"Una serie de acciones y omisiones han dañado, y continúan dañando, la inversión de UHG y el valor de Banmédica, lo que constituye una violación a sus obligaciones bajo el acuerdo suscrito entre Gran Bretaña y Chile", señalaron.
Since the company is registered in the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory, it cites the Bilateral Investment Treaty between Belize and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
It’s a portent of claims Australia may face from British companies invested in Australia’s fossil-fuel industries if the United Kingdom gets its way and joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.