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Defunding the Amazon: mapping ISDS risk from the oil and gas sector in amazonian countries
Global Development Policy Center | 12-Nov-2025
The protection of the Amazon is a central theme of the COP30 in Belém, Brazil. However, efforts to ensure that the Amazon is defended are at risk of instead being defunded—by investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: Bolivia , Brazil , climate , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru , Suriname , Venezuela
Court registers US$10b ConocoPhillips award against Venezuela
Newsday | 28-May-2025
US oil giant ConocoPhillips has been permitted to register an over US$10 billion arbitration award against Venezuela in Trinidad and Tobago for the expropriation of its oil assets by the South American country nearly two decades ago.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Trinidad & Tobago , US , Venezuela
Gold Reserve announces filing of international arbitration against the Venezuelan government
PR Newswire | 6-Mar-2025
The arbitration arises from Venezuela’s measures that deprived GR Mining of its rights to, and materially damaged its investment in, the multi-billion-dollar Siembra Minera mining project located in Venezuela.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
Gold Reserve announces Portugal court enters judgment against Venezuela confirming arbitration award valued in excess of $1.1 billion
Gold Reserve | 25-Feb-2025
On February 20, 2025, the Lisbon Court of Appeal issued an Order granting Gold Reserve’s application to confirm the award in Portugal.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
Venezuela loses multi-billion dollar ConocoPhillips ICSID appeal
Venezuelanalysis | 27-Jan-2025
The US oil giant has launched multiple efforts to collect international arbitration awards against the Caribbean nation.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Le tribunal d’arbitrage rejette la demande du Venezuela d’annuler la sentence de Conoco
Boursorama | 27-Jan-2025
Un tribunal d’arbitrage de la Banque mondiale a rejeté la demande du Venezuela d’annuler une sentence arbitrale de 8,37 milliards de dollars en faveur de ConocoPhillips.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Venezuela ratifies new bilateral investment treaty with China
Herbert Smith Freehills | 29-Nov-2024
This treaty marks a significant step in Venezuela’s recent trend of executing BITs, particularly following its withdrawal from the ICSID Convention in 2012.
keywords: China , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Venezuela condenada a pagar más de 468 MUSD a favor de Smurfit
CIAR Global | 30-Aug-2024
La compañía de Países Bajos Smurfit Westrock ha anunciado el laudo del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI) en su litigio con Venezuela.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Smurfit Westrock awarded $469m against Venezuela by arbitration tribunal
RTE | 30-Aug-2024
Global paper producer Smurfit Westrock has been awarded a $469m arbitration ruling against Venezuela by the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the company and the tribunal said.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ireland , Netherlands , Venezuela
Smurfit obtient 469 millions de dollars du tribunal d’arbitrage contre le Venezuela
Zone Bourse | 30-Aug-2024
Le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements de la Banque mondiale a accordé à Smurfit Westrock, producteur mondial de papier, une sentence arbitrale de 469 millions de dollars contre le Venezuela.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ireland , Netherlands , Venezuela