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Cairn Energy files case in US to push India to pay $1.2 billion award
Mint | 17-Feb-2021
Cairn Energy has filed a case in a US district court to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitration award it won in a tax dispute against India, a court document showed, ratcheting up pressure on the government to pay its dues.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Chinese investors of Motor Sich say number of plaintiffs rises, arbitration claims against Ukraine reach $3.6 bln
Interfax | 17-Feb-2021
Chinese investors of PJSC Motor Sich have increased the preliminary cost of claims against Ukraine in international arbitration from $3.5 billion to $3.6 billion.
keywords: China , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ukraine
UNCITRAL and ISDS reform (online): Crossing the chasm
EJIL: Talk! | 17-Feb-2021
The Working Group’s focus was structural reforms, first selection and appointment of permanent or fixed-term adjudicators, then an appellate mechanism.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
Conmemoramos diez años de la primera sentencia que declara culpable a Texaco-Chevron por su crimen en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Han pasado 10 años desde la sentencia de Lago Agrio, hasta el día de hoy la petrolera se niega a cumplir con la sentencia; y, a su vez optó por activar todo un sistema que garantiza impunidad a las Transnacionales.
keywords: actions | resistance , Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Commémoration des dix ans de la première sentence déclarant Texaco-Chevron coupable de son crime en Amazonie équatorienne
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis la sentence du Lago Agrio, et à ce jour, la compagnie pétrolière refuse toujours de se conformer à la sentence. Au contraire, elle a décidé d’activer tout un système qui garantit l’impunité des transnationales.
keywords: actions | resistance , Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Commemoration of 10th anniversary of the first judgment declaring Texaco-Chevron guilty for its crime in the Ecuadorian Amazon
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Ten years have passed since the judgment of Lago Agrio. Until today the oil company refuses to comply with the judgement; and, in turn, has chosen to activate a whole system that guarantees corporate impunity.
keywords: actions | resistance , Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Chinese company claims US$55m from Ghana for cancellation of traffic management contract
Ghana Web | 17-Feb-2021
A Chinese-based construction company, Beijing Everyway Traffic and Lighting Tech Co Ltd is claiming USD55 million from Ghana for cancelling a contract it awarded it to develop an intelligent traffic management system for the country.
keywords: China , Ghana , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Shell files arbitration claim against Nigeria over spill dispute
The Star | 17-Feb-2021
ROYAL Dutch Shell Plc launched arbitration proceedings against the Nigerian government over a long-running community dispute.
keywords: energy , environment , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Nigeria
EU readies reforms to energy treaty as climate criticisms mount
Reuters | 16-Feb-2021
Some governments have said the bloc should consider quitting the agreement because the treaty could threaten climate goals.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Sommé de passer à la caisse pour pollution au Nigeria, Shell dépose une demande en arbitrage
Ecofin | 16-Feb-2021
Shell, empêtré dans de nombreuses affaires de pollution dans le delta du Niger, a été condamné à verser des dommages-intérêts, mais semble vouloir régler le contentieux à l’amiable, d’où la sollicitation d’un arbitrage.
keywords: energy , environment , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Nigeria