Moyen Orient

Les États du Moyen-Orient ont conclu environ 600 accords d’investissement. 44 procédures de règlement des différends entre investisseur et Etat (ISDS, selon l’acronyme anglais) ont été engagées contre des pays du Moyen-Orient, tandis que des investisseurs de la région ont également engagé 44 procédures.

En 2013, la société Al-Kharafi & Sons Co, investisseur du Koweït, a obtenu 935 millions de dollars dans le cadre de l’Accord unifié pour l’investissement des capitaux arabes dans les États arabes, dans le cadre d’un litige portant sur un contrat de location de terrain en vue d’un projet touristique en Libye, ce qui en fait l’une des plus importantes sentences arbitrales connues à ce jour. Il n’avait investi qu’environ 5 millions de dollars, mais le tribunal d’arbitrage a décidé que la Libye devait également compenser les profits qui auraient été réalisés pendant les 90 ans du contrat de location et qui étaient maintenant perdus.

Photo : President of Azerbaijan / CC BY 4.0

(avril 2020)

HETQ | 18-nov-2019
Roads to the Amulsar gold mine have been closed for a year and a half by residents of neighboring communities opposed to the mine operated by Lydian who is considering international arbitration.
MENAFN | 7-nov-2019
ICSID dismisses lawsuit filed by Egyptian company.
Business Recorder | 5-nov-2019
The Karkey dispute between the government and a Turkish ship-based energy firm has finally been resolved due to efforts of Turkish government, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
Ahval | 4-nov-2019
Ankara is in conflict with an international investment tribunal after a Turkish court has rejected a demand to halt criminal proceedings regarding a Turkish media tycoon and his family.
Express Tribune | 21-oct-2019
International institutions, through high-level backdoor contacts, have agreed to waive off the $1.2 billion penalty Pakistan has to pay to Turkey’s Karkey, senior lawyer Babar Awan said.
Business Recorder | 27-sep-2019
Pakistan has paid over $100 million to Turkish rental power company Karkey as a penalty out of $800 million, Senator Sherry Rehman has said.
CADTM | 24-sep-2019
The signing of an investment treaty involves a unilateral loss of sovereignty on the part of the host state, which is ultimately deemed necessary to attract foreign capital.
Mining | 27-aoû-2019
Lydian International’s Amulsar gold project in Armenia may have to go through a fourth environmental review in less than a year.
Reuters | 22-aoû-2019
Lydian had threatened to go to arbitration if forced to shut it down.