UNCITRAL
EJIL: Talk! | 4-Apr-2019
The principle that adjudicators must be independent and impartial is at the core of any adjudicatory mechanism. It plays an important role in Investor-State arbitration, where arbitrators typically sit for a short amount of time and are not career judges.
UNCITRAL | 3-Apr-2019
Nous souhaiterions exprimer notre préoccupation générale face au fait que les accords internationaux d’investissement (AII) et leur mécanisme de RDIE se sont souvent révélés incompatibles avec le droit international relatif aux droits de l’homme et la primauté du droit.
UNCITRAL | 3-Apr-2019
We wish to express our overarching concerns that international investment agreements and their ISDS mechanism have often proved to be incompatible with international human rights law and the rule of law.
UNCITRAL | 3-Apr-2019
Quisiéremos expresar nuestra preocupación principal de que los acuerdos internacionales de inversión y su mecanismo del ISDS han demostrado a menudo ser incompatibles con el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y el estado de derecho.
IISD | 1-Apr-2019
The next meeting of a United Nations working group debating options for reforming investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) will take place in New York from April 1 to 5.
South Centre | 29-Mar-2019
Reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is being deliberated at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III, which will be meeting in New York between the 1st and 5th of April 2019.
Alternatives Economiques | 5-Mar-2019
Peu connus jusque ces dernières années, les tribunaux d’arbitrage internationaux ont pourtant quasiment un siècle d’existence, à l’image de celui de la Chambre de commerce internationale (CCI) créée dès 1923.
IIED | 23-Feb-2019
Existing arrangements for third parties to participate in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) are not designed to protect people whose rights and interests are directly at stake.
European Commission | 18-Jan-2019
The EU and its Member States submitted two papers to the UN Working Group under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
IISD | 15-Jan-2019
El Grupo de Trabajo III de la CNUDMI se reunió en Viena desde el 29 de octubre hasta el 2 de noviembre de 2018, y decidió que es conveniente realizar una reforma multilateral para abordar varias inquietudes en torno a la ISDS.
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The Ecologist | 11-Dec-2019
The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.
Economic Times | 10-Dec-2019
South Korean state owned power utility Kowepo has begun international arbitration proceedings against India in Singapore for not honouring a fuel supply commitment to its Maharashtra power plant.
Forbes | 10-Dec-2019
Climate campaigners are demanding that European Union countries pull out of the treaty unless they can negotiate an end to the pact’s investor-state dispute mechanism.
Collectif Stop Tafta | 9-Dec-2019
Plus de 280 organisations de la société civile réclament aux États membres du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie de mettre fin aux protections dont dispose le secteur des énergies fossiles.
ECT’s Dirty Secrets | 9-Dec-2019
We – 278 environmental, climate, consumer, development, and trade related civil society groups, as well as trade unions – believe that the ECT is incompatible with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
The East African | 9-Dec-2019
Civil society groups are now calling on governments to reform their investor state dispute settlement because “it is being unfairly used by investors to sue states for millions of dollars.”