investment | BITs
IISD | 27-May-2025
As investment treaties face increased resistance from all quarters, there have been renewed calls to prioritize contract-based arbitrations pursuant to arbitration clauses in investment agreements negotiated between foreign investors and host states.
Le 360 Afrique | 27-May-2025
Les traités bilatéraux d’investissement africains incarnent un paradoxe: conçus pour sécuriser les investissements, ils menacent aujourd’hui la souveraineté réglementaire et financière des États. Entre contentieux coûteux et clauses déséquilibrées, la modernisation de ces accords s’impose comme une urgence stratégique. L’Égypte, le Maroc, l’Algérie et le Nigéria figurent parmi les plus exposés aux litiges.
Actu Cameroun | 20-May-2025
Le Cameroun aurait été condamné par le CIRDI à payer environ 196 milliards FCFA au groupe PICCINI pour rupture abusive de contrat de construction du Stade d’Olembe à Yaoundé.
The Straits Times | 5-May-2025
An investment treaty between Britain and India will contain a provision that allows companies to sue either government if they believe policy changes unfairly harm their investment or profits.
Zone Bourse | 5-May-2025
Un traité d’investissement entre la Grande-Bretagne et l’Inde contiendra une disposition permettant aux entreprises de poursuivre l’un ou l’autre gouvernement si elles estiment que des changements de politique nuisent injustement à leurs investissements ou à leurs bénéfices.
Colorado Environmental Law Journal | 29-Apr-2025
This paper explores the origins of international investment law and their implications for foreign investment protection law and policy in the twenty-first century.
SSRN | 29-Apr-2025
This paper analyses the broad asset based definition of investment in the BITs signed by four South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
keywords:
Bangladesh ,
India ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Pakistan ,
Sri Lanka
Monitor | 25-Apr-2025
Treaties and agreements should facilitate a green and equitable transition by channeling investments into renewable energy, circular economies, and sustainable infrastructure.
Business Human Rights Journal | 1-Apr-2025
The urgent demand for critical minerals has led to the expansion of mining operations, often accompanied by significant human rights and environmental abuses that cause social unrest and spark disputes between states and foreign investors.
keywords:
environment ,
human rights ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
Panama
La Jornada | 31-Mar-2025
Mientras el mundo enfrenta las pataletas de Trump en torno a aranceles comerciales, es obligado también poner atención al continuo golpeteo a las soberanías nacionales por empresas trasnacionales cobijadas bajo acuerdos internacionales de inversión, ya sean tratados de libre comercio (TLC) o tratados bilaterales de inversión (TBI).
