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Abogado ve “irresponsable” un arreglo de Guatemala con mina de EEUU y Canadá
Perfil | 28-Feb-2019
El abogado de la resistencia contra una mina de capital estadounidense-canadiense observó que es una “total irresponsabilidad” del ministro de Economía buscar un “arreglo” con la entidad extractora que demandó al país por la suspensión de sus operaciones.
keywords: Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , US
French firm Suez explores selling off debt claim against Argentina
Buenos Aires Times | 27-Feb-2019
French waste and water group Suez SA has contacted "specialised funds" about possibly selling its debt claims to Argentina, the group announced.
keywords: Argentina , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
Chevron Vs Ecuador: international arbitration & impunity (ISDS case)
Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity | 27-Feb-2019
In February of 2011 the Ecuadorian Courts delivered an historic verdict, sentencing the Big Oil Corporation Chevron to pay US$9,500 million dollars for its contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon (1964-1992). However, Chevron hit back via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system and sued Ecuador.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , video
Chevron Vs Ecuador: arbitraje internacional e impunidad (caso ISDS)
Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity | 27-Feb-2019
En Febrero de 2011 la Justicia ecuatoriana emitió un histórico fallo sentenciando a la Corporación petrolera Chevron a pagar 9,500 millones de dólares por contaminar la Amazonía Ecuatoriana. Sin embargo, Chevron recurrió al sistema de arbitraje de diferencias Inversor-Estado y demandó al Ecuador.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , video
Lessons from Aotearoa: The indigenous “exception” clause in free trade agreements
Yellowhead Institute | 26-Feb-2019
Exception clauses amount to little more than tokenism, and short-change our full rights to determine trade relationships on our land and oceanic territories.
keywords: CPTPP , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , New Zealand
Canada ordered to pay US concrete company $7M in NAFTA case
CBC | 26-Feb-2019
Long-running case began after New Jersey company’s bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia rejected in 2007
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Why East Africa needs new funding sources
The East African | 25-Feb-2019
Seatini said East African countries should find alternative ways to finance development projects rather than depend on public-private partnerships and bilateral investment treaties, which have cost the region dearly.
keywords: EAC , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Tanzania
Reforming investor-state dispute settlement: what about third-party rights?
IIED | 23-Feb-2019
Existing arrangements for third parties to participate in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) are not designed to protect people whose rights and interests are directly at stake.
keywords: indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , reformed ISDS , UNCITRAL
Tribunal del arbitraje de un grupo de 27 inversores contra México en Ciadi
CIAR Global | 22-Feb-2019
La demanda de arbitraje de inversiones de un grupo de 27 inversores contra Mexico, notificada en abril de 2018 y presentada ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (Ciadi) en junio, ya tiene tribunal.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA
We cannot allow Liam Fox’s post-Brexit trade plans to go unscrutinised
The Guardian | 22-Feb-2019
Trade deals containing clauses that threaten human rights are being debated in parliament – they must be defeated
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK