Articles in English
Ghana Web | 9-Jun-2016
AngloGold Ashanti’s decision to sue government at the ICSID over security concerns at its Obuasi concession has been described as “surprising” by private legal practitioner and former Attorney General, Ayikoi Otoo.
TTIP Free Zones Europe | 9-Jun-2016
Aristoteli joined a growing movement of local authorities opposed to CETA and TTIP to deny the building of a polluter’s paradise
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actions | resistance ,
Canada ,
EU ,
Greece ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
TTIP
The Guardian | 8-Jun-2016
Provision allows firms to sue in international tribunal if laws introduced or changed that hurt their interests.
The Chronicle Herald | 8-Jun-2016
The environmental lobby is going to bat for the federal and provincial governments against international big business in a $101-million argument.
Reuters | 8-Jun-2016
The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a $96 million international arbitration award issued in 2011 in favor of energy company Chevron in a dispute over the development of oil fields in Ecuador.
Financial Post | 8-Jun-2016
A small Canadian mining company has found itself at the centre of a highly charged dispute over its rights to mine for gold in a Colombian nature reserve.
The Guardian | 8-Jun-2016
ALP says it will try to change three major agreements that allow corporations to sue if they think a government has damaged their interests
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Australia ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Reuters | 6-Jun-2016
More than 450 groups on Monday called on Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it comes up for a vote this fall, saying the trade deal would allow fossil fuel companies to contest U.S. environmental rules in extrajudicial tribunals.
International Mediation Institute | 6-Jun-2016
Mediation presents a credible and compelling option for both investors and states to settle disputes, disagreements and other conflicts arising from investment activities.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform
Peru Reports | 3-Jun-2016
Gramercy Funds Management has filed a $1.6 billion claim against Peru for its refusal to redeem land bonds from the 1970s agrarian reform.
