Articles in English
The Maple | 22-Apr-2024
The Canadian and Ecuadorian governments continue to forge ahead with free trade agreement plans, despite opposition from social movements and Indigenous Peoples within Ecuador, along with rampant instability.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Canada ,
Ecuador ,
indigenous peoples ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining
Bilaterals.org | 21-Apr-2024
On 21 April 2024, the government of Daniel Noboa is holding a referendum in Ecuador to amend the country’s constitution and, in particular, to reactivate the dangerous investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
keywords:
corporate interests ,
Ecuador ,
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
sovereignty | democracy
| 15-Apr-2024
As US law professors and economics professors deeply committed to the rule of law and economic well-being both domestically and globally, we strongly urge you to remove ISDS provisions from existing US trade and investment agreements.
The National | 15-Apr-2024
It is presumed the claim is on the basis of the bilateral investment treaty between Libya and Belgium.
Global Justice Now | 12-Apr-2024
The Secret World of Investor Courts is a podcast made by the Global Justice Now Youth Network, exploring corporate power, colonialism and climate justice.
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audio ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
EJIL:Talk! | 12-Apr-2024
A documentary film offers a powerful illustration of the ways in which ISDS can impact third parties, exacerbate inequalities, and reinforce power imbalances.
Mining.com | 12-Apr-2024
Australian mining group Berkeley Energia will take its dispute with Spain to international arbitration after the country refused to give final approval to a uranium mine near the city of Salamanca.
Yonhap | 12-Apr-2024
An international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay 43.8 billion won (US$32 million) in compensation to US-based hedge fund Mason Capital in an investor-state suit the company filed over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates
International organisations | 10-Apr-2024
Various organisations express their support for Ecuador’s rejection of international arbitration tribunals in a gesture of international solidarity.
Euronews | 10-Apr-2024
In a decisive committee vote, MEPs have supported the European Union’s exit from the Energy Charter Treaty over concerns its global investor-state dispute settlement system has been weaponised to sue governments over climate policy.
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