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Tercer retiro: Chile Mejor sin TLC advierte de posibles demandas internacionales de compañías aseguradoras
Diario Uchile | 5-May-2021
Según lo señalado por la plataforma ciudadana, las compañías internacionales podrían alegar que la transgresión al instrumento internacional vigente desde 2004, lo habilitaría para acudir a Sistemas de arbitrajes internacionales de solución de controversias.
keywords: Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Amenaza de demanda de aseguradoras en base a TLC enseña que una nueva Constitución debe recuperar la soberanía
Chile Mejor sin TLC | 30-Apr-2021
“No solo es el TPP-11, son todos los Tratados de Libre Comercio los que impiden que cambiemos y avancemos hacia un nuevo modelo de desarrollo más justo”.
keywords: Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Research undermines billion euro “compensation” claims by German energy companies for Dutch coal phase-out
SOMO | 28-Apr-2021
The claims that German energy companies RWE and Uniper have submitted in response to a Dutch law that phases out coal by 2030 are not in line with the declining value and profitability of their coal power plants in the Netherlands.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Mexico should follow other countries and refuse excessive powers for foreign investors
Inequality.org | 23-Apr-2021
Pakistan is the latest to start withdrawing from international treaties that give corporations the power to sue governments over environmental and public interest regulations.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA , Pakistan
We need to rethink investment treaties to ensure a rapid and just energy transition
IIED | 22-Apr-2021
It’s time to reconsider investor-state dispute settlement; inaction risks rising costs of shifting from fossil fuels to green alternatives.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The rise and demise of NAFTA Chapter 11
CCPA | 15-Apr-2021
The removal of investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the renegotiated NAFTA was a critical victory but Canada, the US and Mexico continue to be enmeshed in an extensive web of bilateral and regional accords containing ISDS.
keywords: Canada , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Reforma de derecho de la inversión desde cero: extractivismo, derechos humanos y tratados de inversión
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Para muchas personas afectadas por la extracción de recursos, los tratados de inversión pueden proteger emprendimientos que pueden cambiar drásticamente sus vidas con poco margen para expresar sus opiniones u obtener reparación.
keywords: human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources
Rethinking investment law from the ground up: extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
For many people affected by resource extraction, it is the prevailing legal regime that dis-embeds and disintegrates, because investment treaties can protect ventures that upend their lives with little scope for voice or redress.
keywords: human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources
Nobel economist and 100 experts condemn corporate action against Argentina and Bolivia after rollback of failed pension privatization
IPS | 8-Apr-2021
Private insurance corporations are suing Argentina and Bolivia for loss of potential profits as a result of the reversal of privatization of pension programs.
keywords: Argentina , Bolivia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
La refonte du droit de l’investissement à partir de la base : l’extractivisme, les droits humains et les traités d’investissement
IISD | 8-Apr-2021
Pour de nombreuses personnes affectées par l’extraction des ressources, le régime juridique désintègre, car les traités d’investissement peuvent protéger des projets qui bouleversent leur vies, leur laissant peu de chance de se faire entendre.
keywords: human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources