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Latam Hydro y CH Mamacocha, arbitraje en CIADI contra Perú
Ciar Global | 28-Sep-2019
Junto a Latam Hydro, CH Mamacocha demanda a Perú ante CIADI en relación con la construcción de una central en un espacio protegido.
keywords: energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
Over $100 million paid to Karkey as penalty, claims Sherry
Business Recorder | 27-Sep-2019
Pakistan has paid over $100 million to Turkish rental power company Karkey as a penalty out of $800 million, Senator Sherry Rehman has said.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Türkiye
Nord Stream 2 sues EU using ISDS
Forbes | 27-Sep-2019
The company building the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea today sued the European Union over new gas rules it says are threatening its investments in the project.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Argentina: Ciadi. Presentan otro reclamo contra el país por las tarifas de luz en Río Negro
La Nación | 26-Sep-2019
Se trata del segundo reclamo que recibe el gobierno de Mauricio Macri ante el Ciadi, luego de que la empresa española Orazul International España Holdings presentara una demanda basada en la protección que entrega el Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones (TBI) Argentina-España a las empresas nacionales respecto de las conductas de alguno de los países.
keywords: Argentina , energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Singapore firms in Myanmar to get better protection under new bilateral treaty
The Straits Times | 25-Sep-2019
The Bilateral Investment Treaty on the Promotion and Protection of Investments between Singapore and Myanmar aims to promote greater investment flows between the two countries.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Myanmar , Singapore
Weapons of legal destruction: ISDS lawsuits and Lydian International’s assault on Armenian sovereignty
CADTM | 24-Sep-2019
The signing of an investment treaty involves a unilateral loss of sovereignty on the part of the host state, which is ultimately deemed necessary to attract foreign capital.
keywords: Armenia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , UNCITRAL
Beyond credible commitments: (investment) treaties as focal points
Lauge Poulsen | 23-Sep-2019
Western architects of the investment regime expected the treaties to play a standard-setting role to be used in informal bargaining with host states.
keywords: geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT): Assessing its geopolitical, climate and financial impacts
OpenEXP | 23-Sep-2019
The Energy Charter Treaty is a multilateral agreement that grants binding protection for foreign investors and includes also binding provisions for free trade and freedom of transit of energy materials and products.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
UNCITRAL and ISDS reforms: Agenda-widening and paradigm-shifting
EJIL: Talk! | 23-Sep-2019
South Africa makes clear that in its view, procedural reform is not enough. A wider agenda that includes substantive issues is needed.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , South Africa
Europe’s Green Deal is under threat from Energy Charter Treaty
Euractiv | 23-Sep-2019
The EU and its member states should collectively withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, which protects fossil fuel investments.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS