Articles in English
CCSI | 23-Sep-2020
It appears that investors are using investment treaties in ways that can significantly frustrate government efforts to effectively and adequately regulate public private partnerships in the public interest.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
services
CEO | 22-Sep-2020
The News | 18-Sep-2020
The World Bank’s ICSID has granted Pakistan a stay order of six months in the Reko Diq case in which Islamabad was awarded with a whopping $6 billion fine.
Lexology | 18-Sep-2020
The Micula saga is characterized by the ICSID award (and its review by the ad hoc Committee) being just the beginning rather than the conclusion of the dispute.
keywords:
agriculture | farmers | food ,
EU ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Romania
AFTINET | 17-Sep-2020
A written submission from Japan published by the ECT secretariat rejected language on the “right to regulate” and changes to the investor-state dispute resolution mechanism.
Nasdaq | 17-Sep-2020
The District Court of The Hague ruled in favor of Chevron in its dispute with the Republic of Ecuador, upholding a 2018 arbitral award rendered by an international tribunal administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
International Law Office | 17-Sep-2020
The tribunal held that the Mexican authorities had not violated international commercial law or breached their commitments under treaties to which they were a party.
GlobeNewswire | 17-Sep-2020
Odyssey filed the first memorial, alleging that Mexico wrongfully denied environmental approval of the ExO Phosphate project in breach of NAFTA.
Trade Justice Movement | 16-Sep-2020
As the UK regains full responsibility for its trade and investment policy post-Brexit, it must seriously consider its approach to international investment protection.
Climate Home News | 16-Sep-2020
Negotiators have ruled out an overhaul of private courts that allow energy companies to sue national governments when climate change policies hurt their profits.
