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Corporate lawyers hijack UN meeting, while civil society is sidelined
Truthout | 28-May-2018
The takeaway from the UNCITRAL’s process for its so-called "reform" discussions is that lawyers making millions in ISDS cases are welcomed, while the voices of the millions of people whose lives are harmed by ISDS cases brought by multinational corporations are barely an afterthought.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , sovereignty | democracy , UNCITRAL
Kazakhstan tries to get back $22B in frozen assets
Oil Price | 25-May-2018
The amount of the frozen assets, when compared to the US$520 million court award, is pretty hefty, unprecedented.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kazakhstan , Moldova
Estado de Guatemala se expone a nuevo arbitraje internacional
Prensa Libre | 24-May-2018
Guatemala se expone a un nuevo arbitraje internacional con posibilidad de una demanda millonaria debido a la suspensión de operaciones del proyecto minero El Tambor, propiedad de Exmingua.
keywords: CAFTA , Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Minera chilena triunfa contra Bolivia y logra reafirmar fallo por US$49 millones
La Tercera | 24-May-2018
Ciadi desestimó la anulación de la sentencia que había solicitado Bolivia, por lo que tendrá que pagar la indemnización a Quiborax, firma ligada a la familia Fosk.
keywords: Bolivia , Chile , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Stati parties move to attach Republic of Kazakhstan assets after US court grants enforcement of US$520 million award
EIN | 24-May-2018
The Stati Parties have requested to enforce the award issued in their favor including by attaching Kazakh state commercial assets in the United States.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kazakhstan , Moldova
Bolivia ordered to make US$49mn award to Chile’s Quiborax
BN Americas | 24-May-2018
After a 14-year dispute between Quiborax and the Bolivian government, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rejected Bolivia’s application to annul a US$48.6mn award in favor of the Chilean mining company.
keywords: Bolivia , Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Miner planning US$300mn Guatemala arbitration
BN Americas | 24-May-2018
Exmingua is planning to launch arbitration proceedings against Guatemala following the suspension of its Tambor gold project.
keywords: CAFTA , Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , US
German government approves nuclear phaseout compensation
Deutsch Welle | 24-May-2018
The German cabinet has confirmed that two utilities operating in Germany are entitled to compensation for losses stemming from the country’s nuclear phaseout. The move is in line with an earlier top court ruling.
keywords: ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Sweden
Traités de libre-échange – Le Parlement de Wallonie approuve le traité controversé avec Oman
Metro | 24-May-2018
Le projet de traité d’arbitrage liant la Belgique et le Luxembourg à Oman a été approuvé, par le Parlement de Wallonie
keywords: Belgium , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Luxembourg , Oman
L’UE pourra conclure certains accords sans l’aval des Parlements nationaux
Le Figaro | 24-May-2018
Il sera à l’avenir possible de scinder les accords commerciaux en deux pour éviter que les traités puissent être stoppés par un seul Parlement national ou régional, comme ce fut le cas dans le passé pour le Ceta.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS