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Canada to India: Tighten investment protection norms in new model treaty
The Hindu | 24-Oct-2016
New Delhi examining whether dispute settlement mechanism can be tweaked
keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
TDM Special Issue on Int’l Arbitration involving Commercial and Investment Disputes in Africa
TDM | 20-Oct-2016
This Special Issue presents diverse views on a number of salient topics affecting international arbitration involving the African continent.
keywords: Africa , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Rethinking investment treaties to advance human rights
IIED | 18-Oct-2016
There is considerable room to rethink substantive norms and dispute settlement arrangements.
keywords: human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
SA needs to address its investment image
IOL | 18-Oct-2016
Cabinet’s endorsement of the draft International Arbitration Bill in April this year gave a welcome indication that South Africa would soon provide investors with one of the essential tools for operating in the modern global economy.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , South Africa , UNCITRAL
Philippine Government’s crackdown on nickel mining - Arbitration options for foreign investors
KWM | 17-Oct-2016
The viability of the Filipino nickel industry is in a state of flux following President Rodrigo Duterte’s national audit of the country’s forty mines. Lawyers explore ISDS options.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Philippines
India trade talks heating up, but ex-envoy cautions: ‘we’ve been to the altar before’
The Hill Times | 12-Oct-2016
The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.
keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Frente a acuerdos bilaterales de protección a la inversión extranjera: La fragilidad del margen de maniobra del Estado
ALAI | 7-Oct-2016
Ante la indiscutible proliferación de acuerdos de carácter multilateral y bilateral destinados a proteger las operaciones de la inversión extranjera, muchas veces a contracorriente de los intereses de los gobiernos receptores de capital y de las comunidades, resulta imprescindible analizar el contenido e implicaciones desde el enfoque de la sociedad civil.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Romania to terminate its intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties
Lexology | 3-Oct-2016
The President of Romania agreed to submit to the Romanian Parliament draft legislation approving termination of 22 bilateral investment treaties that Romania concluded with other EU Member States.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania
Commission boosts infringement procedures against five countries
Politico | 30-Sep-2016
The European Commission today ramped up infringement procedures against Austria, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden to push them toward scraping their bilateral investment treaties with other EU nations.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Morocco ratifies 3 bilateral investment treaties
I-ARB Africa | 29-Sep-2016
This surge in the ratification of “Intra-African” BITs is part of the Moroccan “South-South Partnership” strategy
keywords: BITs (texts of) , Burkina Faso , Guinea-Bissau , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Morocco , Senegal