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CETA : Le CNCD-11.11.11 salue la saisine de la Cour de justice par la Belgique
CNCD-11.11.11 | 10-Sep-2017
« La saisine permettra de clarifier la légalité de la clause d’arbitrage qui concerne non seulement le CETA, mais également le JEFTA avec le Japon et le VEFTA avec le Vietnam » explique Michel Cermak, chargé de recherche au CNCD-11.11.11
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Japan , Vietnam
Poland looks to block part of EU, Canada trade deal
Undercurrent News | 7-Sep-2017
Poland is looking to block part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) between the EU and Canada, over concerns for a planned mechanism for resolving disputes.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Poland
La Belgique va introduire une demande d’avis sur le CETA
Belga | 6-Sep-2017
La Belgique demandera l’avis de la Cours européenne sur la compatibilité du "Système juridictionnel des investissements" du CETA avec les traités européens
keywords: Belgium , Canada , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Belgium asks European Court on legality of investment protection in CETA
FOEE | 6-Sep-2017
Belgium has requested an opinion from the European Court of Justice on the ’Investment Court System’ included in the EU-Canada trade deal, to determine if the ICS is compatible with the European Treaties
keywords: Belgium , Canada , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Romanian Unesco site proposal may be halted to allow gold mining
The Guardian | 1-Sep-2017
Romania’s prime minister has suggested his government will withdraw an application to have the Roman gold-mining area of Roșia Montană declared a Unesco world heritage site, potentially reviving controversial plans to resume mining.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Canada says ’hard no’ on changing NAFTA dispute resolution
Washington Examiner | 30-Aug-2017
Canada will oppose any effort to change the investor-state dispute resolution system in the North American Free Trade Agreement, sources tell the Washington Examiner
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
Le Devoir | 12-Aug-2017
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine.
keywords: Canada , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
The Bilcon NAFTA tribunal: a clash of investor protection and sustainability-based environmental assessments
SSRN | 4-Aug-2017
The Bilcon tribunal ruling raises a number of concerns about the ability of investor protection tribunals to properly assess whether a foreign investor has been treated fairly under a domestic environmental assessment process.
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
The Hindu | 4-Aug-2017
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed.
keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Harsh sentencing of Aymara leader reveals the politics of criminalization in Peru
Intercontinental Cry | 27-Jul-2017
This past month, eighteen Aymara community leaders endured the final stages of a trial that had them facing up to 28 years in prison and massive fines for their alleged roles in the 2011 ‘Aymarazo’ protests against the Santa Ana silver mine on the Peru-Bolivia border.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Peru