The Leaflet | 28-May-2021
The perverse interplay of BITs with double taxation avoidance agreements has been bleeding India from the much-needed tax revenues.
Lexology | 28-May-2021
The Paris Court of Appeal has set aside a $1.1 billion award against Russia for the expropriation of the Crimean branch of Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank.
Unian | 28-May-2021
The dispute is about the assets it lost in Crimea, including the Donuzlav wind farm, which is now located in the temporarily occupied territory.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 27-May-2021
The patent waiver initiative may give rise to claims under the expropriation standard, and to a lesser degree, under the FET standard.
The Express Tribune | 27-May-2021
Pakistan’s law minister said an out-of-court settlement with a mining company was not out of the question.
Dawn | 26-May-2021
The British Virgin Islands High Court ruled in favour of Pakistan in a case initiated by TCC for attachment of assets belonging to the Pakistan International Airlines, as part of its efforts for the enforcement of the Reko Diq award.
Emerging Europe | 26-May-2021
Kazakhstan claims that two Moldovan investors, Anatol and Gabriel Stati, fraudulently won an arbitration award of 500 million US dollars.
| 22-May-2021
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in free trade and investment agreements protect mining projects that often wreak environmental havoc, creating sacrificial zones where entire ecosystems collapse and communities suffer the most. Most ISDS disputes have involved environmental issues. Barrick Gold vs. Papua New Guinea Churchill Mining vs. Indonesia Copper Mesa vs. Ecuador Crystallex vs. Venezuela Eco Oro vs. Colombia Foresti vs. South Africa Gabriel Resources vs. Romania (...)

ISDS Case Map
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | 1-Jul-2025