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Rechazada anulación en el arbitraje Argentina vs. Aguas de Barcelona
CIAR Global | 10-May-2017
El pasado 5 de mayo, el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones, Ciadi, rechazó la solicitud de anulación del laudo del arbitraje Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. y Vivendi Universal S.A. contra la República Argentina.
keywords: Argentina , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , water
Case report: Recofi SA v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Transnational Dispute Management | 10-May-2017
In its September 20, 2016 Ruling, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court refused to set aside an Award in a UNCITRAL investment arbitration between Recofi SA, a French company, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Vietnam
Renouvelables: l’Espagne condamnée par la Banque mondiale
Le Monde De l’Energie | 9-May-2017
Le tribunal arbitral de la Banque mondiale a condamné l’Espagne à indemniser un fonds britannique s’estimant lésé par la chute des subventions au secteur des énergies renouvelables.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , UK
ISDS is unsuited to meet today’s global challenges
Financial Times | 9-May-2017
The growing number of investor claims against sovereign host states has fuelled a backlash against bilateral investment treaties and free-trade agreements across the world.
keywords: India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
ICSID committee annuls nearly 90% of award against Venezuela
Lexology | 9-May-2017
An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Committee has annulled nearly 90% of the US$1.6 billion Award which had been won by ExxonMobil affiliates in their ICSID arbitration against Venezuela.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Venezuela
Spain loses first arbitration claim over cuts to renewable energy subsidies
El País | 9-May-2017
Spain has lost its first international arbitration process over cuts to renewable energy subsidies
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , UK
RCEP will hurt local industry and allow workers’ exploitation, says civil society
Down to Earth | 9-May-2017
RCEP is being negotiated in secrecy, but it is likely to favour big companies and threaten India’s agriculture, industry and e-commerce sectors
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Fallo del Ciadi: Argentina deberá pagar US$ 384 millones por la rescisión del contrato de Aguas Argentinas
La Nación | 9-May-2017
Es un reclamo iniciado por la empresa francesa Suez luego de la estatización del servicio de agua y saneamiento, en 2006.
keywords: Argentina , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , water
El CIADI falla en contra de España su primer arbitraje sobre las renovables
Reuters | 9-May-2017
El tribunal de arbitraje del Banco Mundial ha resuelto en contra de los intereses de España la primera de la treintena de demandas de inversores internacionales por los recortes a la retribución de las energías renovables practicados en las dos legislaturas anteriores, reconoció el viernes el Gobierno español.
keywords: energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Stop trading workers’ rights over profits
Forum on FTAs | 8-May-2017
RCEP magnifies existing inequalities and discriminates against women, indigenous peoples, people living with HIV or other illnesses, people with disabilities,rural communities, farmers and workers
keywords: actions | resistance , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines , Philippines , RCEP , women