Uganda
Afronomics Law | 13-Dec-2021
African nations should not be expected to take the lead in addressing a climate emergency they did not create. The priority for Africa is to receive support and investment to build resilience and adapt to climate impacts.
keywords:
AfCFTA ,
Africa ,
climate ,
ECOWAS ,
ECT ,
energy ,
intellectual property ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Kenya ,
labour | workers’ rights ,
South Africa ,
Uganda
IPS | 1-Jan-2020
keywords:
energy ,
finance | banking | taxes ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Netherlands ,
Uganda
The East African | 9-Dec-2019
Civil society groups are now calling on governments to reform their investor state dispute settlement because “it is being unfairly used by investors to sue states for millions of dollars.”
Daily Monitor | 5-Dec-2019
Most Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are not just used by investors to inform their investment decisions, but are increasingly becoming tools used to sue States in a foreign or international court.
Milieu Defensie | 12-Jan-2018
The French oil company Total evicts people from their land in Uganda to make room for an oil processing facility.
keywords:
energy ,
environment ,
France ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
land ,
Netherlands ,
Uganda ,
video
L’Observatoire des multinationales | 22-Jan-2016
Poursuivi par Total pour un litige fiscal lié au pétrole, l’Ouganda a rejoint le nombre des nations qui se posent la question : « Comment avons-nous jamais pu accepter l’ISDS ? »
Inter-Press Service | 29-Dec-2015
The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: “Why have we ever signed this?”
keywords:
corporate interests ,
France ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
natural resources ,
Netherlands ,
Uganda
