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AMLO agrava la disputa con Vulcan en medio del arbitraje
CIAR Global | 9-May-2022
El gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador ha ordenado el cierre de las operaciones y cierre en las extracciónes y canteras submanrinas que la compañía estadounidense Vulcan Materials Company administra en Quintana Roo, México. Y lo ha hecho en medio de un arbitraje de inversiones que mantiene con una subsidiaria de la compañía
keywords: environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Key human rights tests for UK free trade agreements
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 9-May-2022
Without adequate rules and the right business incentives to protect workers and communities, trade deals can contribute to a ‘race to the bottom’.
keywords: environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Climate change and investor-state dispute settlement
Jones Day | 6-May-2022
ISDS is likely to be an increasingly important avenue for the resolution of climate change disputes.
keywords: climate , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS
How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions
The Conversation | 6-May-2022
We estimate that countries would face up to $340 billion in legal and financial risks for canceling fossil fuel projects that are subject to treaties with ISDS clauses.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
España: el laudo de NextEra no se puede ejecutar
CIAR Global | 5-May-2022
La defensa de España argumentó que la controversia no se rige por un tratado internacional válido, necesario para que el tribunal de arbitraje tenga jurisdicción sobre un país soberano extranjero.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Serving of notice of dispute
Ascent Resources | 5-May-2022
Amendments to the mining law in Slovenia which prohibit the use of any hydraulic stimulation in mining exploitation constitute further breaches of the protections established by the BIT and the ECT.
keywords: ECT , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Slovenia , UK
Taking equity into account in international and domestic legal frameworks on compensation for climate change and the energy transition
CCSI | 4-May-2022
In the context of investment treaties and arbitration, states should not put private arbitrators in the driver’s seat on issues of valuation of fossil fuel assets and compensation.
keywords: climate , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Honduran government repeals ZEDEs law amid warnings of free trade agreement rights and arbitration
Peace Brigades International Canada | 2-May-2022
The ZEDEs are free from import and export taxes, but could set up their own internal forms of government, as well as courts, security forces, schools and even social security systems.
keywords: actions | resistance , CAFTA , Honduras , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , sovereignty | democracy
Odebrecht y Perú acuerdan parar laudo para llegar a acuerdo por Chavimochic
CIAR Global | 29-Apr-2022
El Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego (Midagri) ha comunicado el acuerdo al que ha llegado con la concesionaria del proyecto Chavicmochic, formada por las brasileñas Odebrecht y Graña y Montero, para suspender el laudo del arbitraje y reiniciar los trabajos del proyecto de irrigación.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
Plantan un dinosaurio gigante ante el Congreso para denunciar el «lavado verde» de los combustibles fósiles
EFE Verde | 28-Apr-2022
Ecologistas en Acción se ha manifestado frente al Congreso de los Diputados denunciando el «lavado verde» de los combustibles fósiles y el Tratado de la Carta de la Energía.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , video