Articles in English
Inquirer.net | 18-May-2017
RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public
NZ Herald | 17-May-2017
If all parliaments in member states have to approve international trade deals, future trade deals may take even longer than they already do to come to fruition.
Reuters | 17-May-2017
U.S. oil firm Cobalt said it had filed requests for arbitration seeking more than $2 billion from Angola’s state-run Sonangol.
ET Telecom | 17-May-2017
Vodafone Group Plc has served its second notice on the Indian government to formally commence thesecond arbitration in the high profile Rs 22,000 crore tax matter.
Electronic Frontier Foundation | 17-May-2017
There has also been no official release of the chapters and textual proposals related to rules that are being tabled.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 16-May-2017
How far does the new Bolivian arbitration act go in its intent to keep State arbitration inside the country?
EJIL: Talk! | 16-May-2017
The treaty is an important attempt by two developing countries to move toward a new generation of BITs fully aligned with the evolution of international law.
keywords:
alternatives ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform ,
Morocco ,
Nigeria
EurActiv | 16-May-2017
The European Union will have to secure approval from national parliaments in order to finalise a free trade deal with Singapore. The bloc’s top court ruled that the agreement in “its current form” cannot be handled by the Commission acting alone.
keywords:
EU ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
EJIL: Talk! | 15-May-2017
While the debate on the treaty regulating business impact on human rights is likely to continue for a while longer, some recent developments in international investment law seem to be moving forward on international human rights law obligations for businesses
keywords:
alternatives ,
Argentina ,
human rights ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform ,
Morocco ,
Nigeria
SAT PR | 15-May-2017
The Rules on Transparency provide procedural rules that ensure transparency and public accessibility to treaty-based investor-State arbitration.
