Articles in English
The Economist | 4-Aug-2016
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested.
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (ISDS Blog) | 4-Aug-2016
Peter Allard, a Canadian investor who owns a nature sanctuary in Barbados, has brought an ISDS claim against Barbados. He grounds his claim on the failure of the government to enforce its own environmental law.
| 3-Aug-2016
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement.
Occupy FTA | 3-Aug-2016
When the KorUS FTA was negotiated from 2006, the Korean Supreme Court delivered its opinion against ISDS to the Korean government twice in 2006 and 2007.
The Citizen | 3-Aug-2016
India is again in the limelight of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). An international tribunal has penalised the country earlier this week with a monetary compensation estimated at one billion dollars.
Deccan Herald | 3-Aug-2016
RCEP trade ministers will meet in Laos on August 5 to try and resolve issues that are stuck in negotiations.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
RCEP
Reuters | 29-Jul-2016
Czech utility CEZ has launched arbitration seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria for failure to protect its energy investments
The Guardian | 28-Jul-2016
The tobacco giant has to pay $7m to the small South American nation in a dispute over cigarette adverts. But the case could still set a worrying precedent.
CDM | 28-Jul-2016
Investment arbitration process between CEAC Holdings Limited and Montenegro was finished on 26th of July, in a way that the arbitration tribunal declared itself non-jurisdictional for this process.
The Hindu | 28-Jul-2016
The arbitration setback for India does not come as a surprise, given the shenanigans. But reputational concerns arise.
keywords:
India ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
