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Aftershock in Groningen
SOMO | 2-Jul-2025
How Shell and ExxonMobil use arbitration to offload the costs of closing the Netherlands’ largest gas field.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
"Totally irresponsible": how Exxon is exploiting international law to sue the Dutch government
Land and Climate Review | 10-Mar-2025
Exxon owes the people of Groningen millions in compensation for damage caused by gas extraction. Thanks to an obscure legal instrument, it could be the residents of the province that end up compensating the fossil fuel giant.
keywords: energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Kenya terminates Bilateral Investment Treaty with the Netherlands
SOMO | 13-Nov-2024
The government of Kenya has officially terminated its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands, marking a significant win for economic justice and environmental protection.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kenya , Netherlands
ExxonMobil sues the Netherlands over gas field closure
SOMO | 11-Oct-2024
The multinational disagrees with the decision that gas production in the Dutch province of Groningen will be shut down early.
keywords: ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
ExxonMobil poursuit le gouvernement néerlandais pour la fermeture d’un champ gazier
Observatoire de l’Europe | 11-Oct-2024
Le géant pétrolier américain ExxonMobil a invoqué le controversé traité sur la Charte de l’énergie dans une éventuelle demande d’indemnisation de plusieurs milliards d’euros.
keywords: ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Smurfit Westrock awarded $469m against Venezuela by arbitration tribunal
RTE | 30-Aug-2024
Global paper producer Smurfit Westrock has been awarded a $469m arbitration ruling against Venezuela by the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the company and the tribunal said.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ireland , Netherlands , Venezuela
Smurfit obtient 469 millions de dollars du tribunal d’arbitrage contre le Venezuela
Zone Bourse | 30-Aug-2024
Le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements de la Banque mondiale a accordé à Smurfit Westrock, producteur mondial de papier, une sentence arbitrale de 469 millions de dollars contre le Venezuela.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Ireland , Netherlands , Venezuela
L’arbitrage intra-européen sur l’élimination progressive du charbon, très médiatisé, est abandonné
IISD | 15-Jan-2024
RWE a choisi de se désister de l’affaire auprès du CIRDI, avec l’accord des Pays-Bas.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Abyssinian launches legal dispute against State JV partner in Ethiopia
Mining Weekly | 20-Nov-2023
Mining corporations have taken steps to issue a notice and dispute and request for negotiations to the Ethiopian government over concerns at measures taken against Abyssinian’s investments in the Kenticha lithium and tantalum project in the country.
keywords: Ethiopia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Netherlands
Energy giant RWE withdraws billion-euro claim against the Netherlands
SOMO | 15-Nov-2023
German energy company RWE has announced its intention to withdraw its international arbitration proceedings against the Dutch state at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands