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Existe un universo legal paralelo: el ISDS, la justicia secreta que regula el mundo
El Confidencial | 31-Aug-2016
Una investigación destapa la red que mueve los hilos a nivel internacional. Un tribunal que conecta a empresas y estados para que lleguen a acuerdos al margen del sistema
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The billion dollar ultimatum
BuzzFeed | 31-Aug-2016
International corporations that want to intimidate countries have access to a private legal system designed just for them. And to unlock its power, sometimes all it takes is a threat.
keywords: Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , mining
Ecuador, Chevron y los peligros del TPP
El Ciudadano | 30-Aug-2016
Los gobiernos del mundo deberán comprender las enormes desventajas de soberanía económica y política que le conllevará suscribir el llamado Tratado Transpacífico de Asociación Económica Estratégica (TPP)
keywords: CPTPP , Ecuador , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS
América Móvil lleva a Colombia ante el Ciadi por reversión de activos
Telesemana | 30-Aug-2016
América Móvil presentó ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (Ciadi), una solicitud de arbitraje contra Colombia por supuestas infracciones al tratado de libre comercio (TLC) que el país suscribió con México.
keywords: Colombia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Le tribunal qui dirige le monde
BuzzFeed | 30-Aug-2016
Imaginez un super tribunal mondial et privé, qui donne aux entreprises le pouvoir de forcer les pays du monde entier à faire ce qu’elles veulent.
keywords: Egypt , El Salvador , Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
The court that rules the world
BuzzFeed | 30-Aug-2016
A parallel legal universe, open only to corporations and largely invisible to everyone else, helps executives convicted of crimes escape punishment.
keywords: Egypt , El Salvador , Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , video
NGOs warn against dispute mechanism in Asian free-trade pact
The Nation | 30-Aug-2016
Activists of various NGOs have urged Asean governments to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) draft.
keywords: actions | resistance , investor-state disputes | ISDS , RCEP
International arbitration: levelling the playing field
Financial Express | 29-Aug-2016
Third party funding is at the cusp of changing the landscape of international dispute resolution. Third party funding is when a neutral party finances an on-going proceedings for potential profit in return.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS
Venezuela ordered to pay Canadian miner Rusoro more than $ 1.2 billion
Toronto Star | 29-Aug-2016
An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay a Vancouver-based mining company more than $1.2 billion for expropriating its gold mines.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
International arbitration structure skewed in favour of developed nations
Silicon India | 29-Aug-2016
Developing countries, including India, should build capacity instead of playing the victim as the structure of international arbitration was heavily biased towards the developed countries, a top Finance Ministry official said.
keywords: BRICS , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS