Articles in English
Politics Web | 23-oct-2017
The Protection of Investment Act affords foreign investors no protections beyond domestic law, and pointedly disavows investor-state international arbitration. The SADC Protocol was also amended by the SADC Summit of heads of state and government.
IIED | 23-oct-2017
How international investment treaties could promote more responsible investment and argues that, while some innovative practices are emerging, there is still much to do.
Mots-clés:
alternatives ,
droits humains ,
foncier ,
investissement | TBI ,
ISDS révisé ,
litiges investisseurs-état | ISDS
Lexology | 20-oct-2017
The key issue in the case concerned the proper interpretation of the dispute resolution provision in the 2003 Investment Law, which was the basis for jurisdiction.
Reuters | 19-oct-2017
African Petroleum Corp has begun arbitration proceedings over Gambia’s decision to strip the company of its rights to explore for oil in two offshore areas.
Land Portal | 18-oct-2017
Tanzania is currently confronting this challenge, faced with a new international investment dispute tied to a proposed large-scale sugarcane and ethanol production project.
NY Times | 18-oct-2017
This far-flung peninsula in the North Atlantic seems an unlikely place for an international trade dispute. But an American company’s scuttled plans to build a quarry here have turned these quiet fishing grounds into a case study.
Mots-clés:
ALENA | ACEUM ,
Canada ,
environnement,
États-Unis d’Amérique ,
litiges investisseurs-état | ISDS
Mobile World Live | 18-oct-2017
A long-running battle between Naguib Sawiris’ Orascom and the Algerian authorities rumbled on, with the operator seeking an annulment of a recent decision on the case.
The Diplomat | 17-oct-2017
The RCEP has hidden costs for people’s lives
Bloomberg | 16-oct-2017
US Nafta negotiators are proposing to essentially do away with the independent tribunals that oversee the trading and investment relationship.
Business Recorder | 16-oct-2017
The government of Pakistan would not be made liable for private investor disputes. Alternative dispute resolution mediation would be made compulsory, while foreign arbitrators would be decided in advance through consensus.
