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Air Tanzania plane seized in the Netherlands
The Citizen | 7-Dec-2022
Air Tanzania Company Limited plane has been seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania due to revoked land title in the Bagamoyo sugar project.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , Netherlands , Tanzania
Lone Pine déboutée, le CQDE soulagé
CQDE | 6-Dec-2022
Le Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement est ravi que le tribunal d’arbitrage de l’ALÉNA ait décidé, le 21 novembre 2022, de rejeter la réclamation d’environ 150 millions $ de l’entreprise américaine Lone Pine Resources inc.
keywords: Canada , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Lone Pine’s claim is dismissed… to the CQDE’s relief
CQDE | 6-Dec-2022
The Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement is delighted that an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal decided, on November 21, 2022, to reject the claim for approximately $150 million by the American company Lone Pine Resources Inc.
keywords: Canada , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
A mining lawsuit in Guatemala shows how trade courts put big corporations first
Inequality.org | 6-Dec-2022
Local resisters are calling for a different economic model — one that prioritizes clean water and soil, healthy communities, peace, dignity, and self-determination.
keywords: actions | resistance , CAFTA , Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , US
Barones de la alimentación defienden su derecho a enfermarnos
La Jornada | 5-Dec-2022
Las amenazas del gobierno de Estados Unidos de iniciar una controversia contra México en el T-MEC para asegurar que se siga importando maíz transgénico y usando glifosato son una defensa del derecho de las trasnacionales de agrotóxicos y semillas transgénicas a envenenar a la gente y contaminar semillas nativas, suelo y aguas.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
Bloqueo histórico al Tratado de la Carta de la Energía: el Parlamento Europeo pide su salida en bloque
No TCI | 2-Dec-2022
El Parlamento Europeo adoptó una resolución en la que pide a la Unión Europea (UE) y a todos los Estados miembros que inicien la salida en bloque de la UE del Tratado de la Carta de la Energía (TCE).
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Arctic miner GreenX to pocket £740m in damages from Polish government
City AM | 30-Nov-2022
Arctic miner GreenX to pocket £740m in damages from Polish government.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Poland
Dutch court dismisses damage claims by RWE and Uniper
SOMO | 30-Nov-2022
The Dutch government will not have to pay damages to energy giants RWE and Uniper, a Dutch court in The Hague ruled.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Reko Diq settlement hangs by thread
The Express Tribune | 28-Nov-2022
The government urged all stakeholders to complete pending actions hampering the conclusion of the $900 million settlement deal in the Reko Diq case to avoid a $5.9 billion penalty.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
The 33rd meeting of the Energy Charter conference held under the chairmanship of Mongolia
Energy Charter | 25-Nov-2022
The conference expects to meet ad hoc in April 2023 to finalise the discussion on the adoption of the amendments to the ECT.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS