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End harmful treaties, says Nalunga
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.
keywords: Africa , climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Investment treaties: Protecting transition investments, but are they just?
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
Protección y seguridad plena a intereses extranjeros
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).
keywords: corporate interests , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Kazakhstan ratifies investment protection agreement with Kyrgyzstan
Xinhua | 28-Mar-2025
The lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved the law on ratifying the agreement between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on encouragement and mutual protection of investments.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan
Enforcement of foreign awards, the India-UAE BIT, and international law
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 25-Feb-2025
The new bilateral investment treaty between India and the United Arab Emirates clarifies concerns around enforcing investor-State awards in India—at least for this BIT.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UAE
Honduras tops ICSID disputes list in 2024
CDR | 21-Feb-2025
The centre’s latest caseload statistics reveals 55 new arbitrations were lodged in 2024. Honduras was involved in five of them.
keywords: Honduras , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
2024 year in review: human rights and ISDS—continued convergence of human rights and the environment
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 3-Feb-2025
2024 shows the continued convergence of human rights and the environment in the ISDS context.
keywords: climate , environment , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Model Bilateral Investment Treaty to be made more investor friendly: FM
The Hindu BusinessLine | 3-Feb-2025
Revamp will help expedite new BITs with partner countries; may push FTA talks.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Colombia and the US sign an agreement to balance investments in the FTA
América Economía | 17-Jan-2025
The new interpretative note on the investment chapter of the FTA seeks to avoid legal abuses and protect the sovereignty of both countries without affecting incentives for foreign investment.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
US-Colombia FTA: Interpretations of the investment chapter (Jan 2025)
USTR | 17-Jan-2025
keywords: Colombia , FTAs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US