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Consequences for Mexico after subscribing to the ICSID convention
Lexology | 15-Jan-2018
Virtually all international investment disputes that are initiated against it may be subject to the conciliation and arbitration rules established in the Convention.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA
Mexico signs the ICSID Convention
Public Now | 12-Jan-2018
Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy signed theConvention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between states and nationals of other states.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Argentina cierra otro juicio en el CIADI
BAE Negocios | 12-Jan-2018
Argentina le pagará a Suez u$s275 millones, lo que representa un descuento del 25 por ciento en relación a los u$s367 millones que se le deben.
keywords: Argentina , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , water
Suez: sur le point de régler un litige avec l’Argentine ?
ABC Bourse | 12-Jan-2018
L’Argentine paiera au groupe français 275 millions de dollars (environ 230 millions d’euros), soit 75% de la somme qu’il devait à Suez.
keywords: Argentina , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , water
México firma convenio para dirimir diferencias entre inversionistas y Estados
El Arsenal | 12-Jan-2018
México signó el Convenio sobre Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones entre Estados y Nacionales de otros Estados (Convenio CIADI).
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Suez accepts 25% haircut from Argentina to end dispute
Bloomberg | 12-Jan-2018
French co. agreed to $275 million to settle 12-year dispute. Engie is the biggest shareholder in water, sewer company.
keywords: Argentina , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , water
Total evicts people from their land in Uganda
Milieu Defensie | 12-Jan-2018
The French oil company Total evicts people from their land in Uganda to make room for an oil processing facility.
keywords: energy , environment , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , Netherlands , Uganda , video
The ISDS legal industry and the European Court of Justice
Gus Van Harten (blog) | 11-Jan-2018
Observers of the ISDS debate in Europe should be concerned when the official position of an Advocate General before the European Court of Justice can be tied to the ISDS industry.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Conferencia de alto nivel de la UNCTAD sobre los AIIs: Avanzando en el abordaje de los acuerdos internacionales de inversión de la generación anterior
IISD | 11-Jan-2018
Más de 300 expertos, incluyendo a negociadores de alto nivel de acuerdos internacionales de inversión (AIIs) y representantes de organizaciones intergubernamentales, sociedad civil, sector académico y sector privado se reunieron en Ginebra.
keywords: alternatives , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Le RQIC lance deux vidéos sur l’ALÉNA et l’environnement
RQIC | 11-Jan-2018
Deux vidéos pour mieux démontrer et expliquer que l’ALÉNA constitue un obstacle a la poursuite des objectifs de protection de l’environnement et de lutte aux changements climatiques.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US , video