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How the little-known Energy Charter Treaty is holding environmental policy hostage
Equal Times | 7-Sep-2020
Is it possible to take urgently needed action on climate change while simultaneously protecting the fossil fuel industry, the very cause of climate imbalance?
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Mandatory investor-state conciliation in new international investment treaties: innovation and interpretation
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 7-Sep-2020
In recent years, mediation has been actively discussed for the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime, particularly as a means of reducing costs and delays.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Karpet merah investasi di tengah pandemi akibatkan krisis kedaulatan rakyat
Indonesia for Global Justice | 7-Sep-2020
Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Indonesia untuk Keadilan Ekonomi menilai strategi pemulihan ekonomi nasional dengan penguatan kebijakan liberalisasi ekonomi hanya akan semakin membuka ruang monopoli korporasi atas sumber daya ekonomi.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , fisheries | fisherfolk , Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Empirical data on ISDS in the CIS: who are the main winners and losers?
CIS Arbitration Forum | 6-Sep-2020
In the 2000s, the region has seen a significant increase in the number of investor-state disputes.
keywords: CIS , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Investor-state claims in era of COVID-19 pandemic
International Law Office | 4-Sep-2020
With state measures in response to COVID-19 being compounded by an already difficult economic environment for investors, they may have little choice but to challenge those measures.
keywords: corporate interests , covid , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
KVV Liepājas metalurgs vs. Latvia case put on hold
Baltic News Network | 4-Sep-2020
The case KVV Liepājas metalurgs owner Yevgenij Kazmin had against the state of Latvia has been put on hold, according to information from the State Chancellery.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latvia
Mining companies dominate ISDS treaty-shopping claims from Australian companies
AFTINET | 3-Sep-2020
Australia, with its many Bilateral Investment Treaties and FTAs, contributes to a system of treaty shopping by mining companies looking to sue governments over unfavourable decisions.
keywords: Australia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
La primera demanda de arbitraje de inversiones contra Suiza es una realidad
CIAR Global | 3-Sep-2020
A mediados de agosto de 2020 Human Rights Defenders Inc. interpuso la primera demanda de arbitraje de inversiones que recibe Suiza en su historia ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Project finance protected as foreign investment in investor-state arbitration in Mexico
Lexology | 3-Sep-2020
For the first time, an ISDS tribunal has qualified project finance as a foreign investment protected under an investment treaty.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , Spain
Australian government to review its Bilateral Investment Treaties
Lexology | 3-Sep-2020
The Australian Federal Government has announced it is reviewing the bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to which Australia is a party.
keywords: Australia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform