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Ukrhydroenergo has initiated investment arbitration proceedings against the Russian federation
Ukrhydroenergo | 7-Jun-2024
The company believes that initiating international arbitration process is the most promising way to compensate for the losses from the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , Ukraine
Russian firm escalates dispute with Canada over seized cargo plane
CBC | 21-Aug-2023
Owner of aircraft parked at Toronto’s airport invoking 1989 bilateral investment treaty.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , Ukraine
EU firms expected to flee Russia after Danone, Carlsberg raid
EU Observer | 20-Jul-2023
Russian president Vladimir Putin snatched control of Fortum’s assets. Fortnum will try to recoup its losses via international arbitration.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia
How Chinese companies are challenging national security decisions that could delay 5G network rollout
The Conversation | 23-Jan-2023
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: China , geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Sweden , telecommunications , UK
Armed conflict and investment treaty arbitration
Farrer & Co | 16-Nov-2022
This article summarises the legal protections which may be available to investors in times of armed conflict under investment treaty arbitration.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security
Litigating terror in the Sinai after the Egyptian spring revolution: Should states be liable to foreign investors for failure to prevent terrorist attacks?
Michigan Journal of International Law | 23-Aug-2022
A recent ICSID tribunal found a developing state liable for breaching the full protection and security obligation due to its inability to protect a foreign investment against terrorist attacks in a remote deserted area.
keywords: Egypt , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security
Is investor-state dispute settlement an appropriate forum for the resolution of investment disputes arising from armed conflicts? Part 2: the quest to find a just and equitable remedy
OpinioJuris | 21-Jul-2022
ISDS is an unsuitable forum for the just resolution of investment disputes founded on the consequences of armed conflict.
keywords: human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , militarism | terrorism | security , Ukraine
Is investor-state dispute settlement an appropriate forum for the resolution of investment disputes arising from armed conflicts? Part 1: normative conflicts and consequences
OpinioJuris | 21-Jul-2022
Unsatisfyingly, ISDS permits international investment law to exist in a vacuum that enables those tasked with adjudicating disputes to turn a blind eye to international humanitarian law norms.
keywords: human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , militarism | terrorism | security , Ukraine
Russia’s Sberbank to appeal against Ukraine’s move to seize its assets
Reuters | 13-May-2022
Russia’s top lender Sberbank initiated investment arbitration proceedings against Ukraine after its parliament approved a presidential decree allowing for the forced seizure of Sberbank-owned assets in the country.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , Russia , Ukraine
Minerais de sang: le Rwanda de nouveau cité dans un rapport de l’ONU comme financier des rebelles à l’Est
Media Congo | 9-Aug-2021
New evidence from a UN report and a high-profile investor arbitration case is casting a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in sophisticated smuggling networks that extract gold and coltan from Congolese conflict zones and funnel the strategically important minerals illicitly into global supply chains.
keywords: China , Congo, Dem Rep of , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security , mining , Rwanda , US