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EESC backs criticism of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), and calls for a more holistic approach
EESC | 9-Nov-2022
A new model for international investment governance needs to be developed, in order to fill the significant gap between the investment system on the one hand and effective protection of labour rights and the environment on the other.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
México no viola el T-MEC, CFE sólo cuida el sistema eléctrico: Bartlett
La Jornada | 9-Nov-2022
México no está violando el Tratado México, Estados Unidos y Canadá (T-MEC) y no tiene porque pagar sanciones por las consultas solicitadas por Washington en materia energética, ya que sólo vigila el sistema eléctrico, aseguró Manuel Bartlett Díaz, director general de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA
A little threat from my friends: An EU-based company contemplates taking war-torn Ukraine to investment arbitration
EJIL: Talk! | 8-Nov-2022
The Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (ESBU) seized the assets of one of Ukraine’s largest fuel retailers, AMIC Ukraine, the local subsidiary of AMIC Energy, an Austrian private equity firm.
keywords: Austria , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia , Ukraine
COP27: Planet ransom
CLT | 7-Nov-2022
Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective concluded their book White Skin, Black Fuel by approximating decarbonisation to slavery abolition: as long as fossil fuel capital exists it will ‘resist its own abolition’, just as slaveholding capital did in the past.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
ECT modernisation perspectives: unpacking the impact of the revised ECT text on dispute resolution
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 7-Nov-2022
This article focuses on the implications of the revised text for dispute resolution under the ECT. We address the environmental focus of the anticipated reforms and conciliation of State-to-State disputes relating to sustainable development and climate change.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Un tribunal déclare la Roumanie coupable de la violation de l’article 10(1) du TCE, déclarant que ses mesures ont nui aux investissements des demandeurs
IISD | 7-Nov-2022
Cette affaire concerne un différend lancé contre la Roumanie par 10 investisseurs en réponse aux modifications apportées par la Roumanie à un régime d’incitation visant à attirer les investissements dans les sources d’énergie renouvelables.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania
UNCITRAL Working Group III and the Assessment of Compensation and Damages: Thinning scope for impactful reform or an opportunity to make a difference?
IISD | 7-Nov-2022
In WGIII, states will need to prioritize the reforms that have the most impact in addressing their key concerns with the ISDS system.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Le Groupe de travail III de la CNUDCI et l’évaluation de l’indemnisation et des dommages-intérêts : une portée trop réduite pour une réforme significative ou une opportunité de faire la difference ?
IISD | 7-Nov-2022
Au sein du GT III, les États devront donner la priorité aux réformes qui ont le plus d’impact sur leurs principales préoccupations concernant le système RDIE.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
ZEDE Próspera prepara millonaria demanda contra Honduras
Proceso Digital | 4-Nov-2022
"En septiembre recibimos notificación de la nota que entregó ZEDE. El tema es que a más tardar el 16 de diciembre tienen que meter solicitud e iniciar el arbitraje", el ministro de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico dijo.
keywords: CAFTA , geopolitics , Honduras , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Brussels pleads with countries to stay in the Energy Charter Treaty
Energy Monitor | 4-Nov-2022
EU countries are voting with their feet, quitting the investor protection pact despite the EU’s efforts to reform it – but the European Commission warns it will be worse to be outside than in.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS