Articles in English
Stop ISDS | 30-Apr-2019
The judgement is disappointing but The case against ISDS (or its rebranded version ICS) has never been primarily a legal one. It is a moral one.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 30-Apr-2019
Instead of categorically dismissing ISDS, the IACEPA clarifies the protection that the States are willing to grant to investors; and procedural rules that they are willing to adopt.
Mobile World Live | 29-Apr-2019
Axiata Group’s UK subsidiary and Nepal mobile unit filed a request for arbitration with the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, regarding a capital gains tax bill levied by Nepali authorities.
IISD | 26-Apr-2019
If the investment regime is to be made supportive of development and overcome its legitimacy crisis confronting, something more is required than procedural reforms to ISDS.
Buenos Aires Times | 26-Apr-2019
French water and waste management company receives compensation from the government, settling one of its legal disputes with country dating back to Néstor Kirchner’s presidency.
The Star | 26-Apr-2019
Kenya spends at least Sh500 million in defending a single case filed by investors at international courts under the Bilateral Investment Treaties, according to a regional trade negotiation institute.
IISD | 25-Apr-2019
Tribunals lack both a coherent conception of what constitutes politically motivated conduct and a consistent understanding of the relevance, if any, of such motivations for the disposition of foreign investors’ legal claims.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS
Over 200 organizations denounce multimillion dollar suit brought by US mining firm against Guatemala
YubaNet | 25-Apr-2019
The company filed the suit in December 2018 for alleged violations of the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
S&P Global | 25-Apr-2019
EU plans to extend its internal energy market rules to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas link to Germany could breach the Energy Charter Treaty, which protects international investors, according to the Swiss-registered company building it.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 24-Apr-2019
After Brexit, the UK will be theoretically a suitable jurisdiction to enforce intra-EU awards.
