Trade Justice Movement | 21-mai-2026
The deal locks the UK into deeper commercial ties with some of the most repressive governments in the world, for economic gains so marginal they barely register.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 21-mai-2026
February 2026, ICSID published its report on cases registered in 2025. This report revealed that a record number of cases were filed against states in Sub-Saharan Africa. ICSID’s statistics indicate that 15 cases were registered against these states, constituting almost a quarter of all ICSID cases registered in 2025.
Radiojgm | 20-mai-2026
Cada vez que un gobierno sube el salario mínimo, aprueba una ley ambiental o regula una empresa extranjera, puede estar arriesgando una demanda millonaria. Es una de las consecuencias de los tratados de libre comercio vigentes, y organizaciones de Ecuador, Paraguay y Chile advierten que está transformando la relación entre los Estados y las corporaciones.
Ansalatina | 20-mai-2026
En un giro de 180 grados respecto a la política nacionalista de Hugo Chávez y Nicolás Maduro, el gobierno de la presidenta interina Delcy Rodríguez anunció que Venezuela está abierta a resolver disputas contractuales en el extranjero, una medida clave para atraer inversiones extranjeras en los sectores petrolero y minero.
Guinée 360 | 20-mai-2026
Le retrait de permis miniers par les autorités est officiellement présenté comme une lutte contre la spéculation, de sanctions pour non-respect des obligations contractuelles. Plusieurs sociétés estimant leurs droits lésés ont enclenché des procédures d’arbitrage international devant le mécanisme du Banque mondiale.
Global Legal Post | 19-mai-2026
Panama won an investment treaty claim brought by disgruntled Spanish investors alleging that state entities breached a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) in their handling of bonds linked to public works contracts.
CLACSO | 19-mai-2026
Boletín #4 Tendencias recientes en el sistema de protección de inversiones : resistencias e impactos sobre los derechos humanos y el medioambiente. Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Lex Mercatoria, poder corporativo y derechos humanos.
Triodos Bank | 18-mai-2026
One of the delaying issues, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), came through clearly in the scientific discussions. In theory, ISDS protects investors against unfair treatment. In practice, it has often been used by fossil fuel companies to resist climate action.
Caliber | 18-mai-2026
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has drafted a government resolution on the signing of an agreement between Kazakhstan and Türkiye on the mutual promotion and protection of investments.
Financier Worldwide | 13-mai-2026
Governments need to be able to regulate to meet their domestic policy goals or internationally recognised sustainable development goals. That necessarily means that sometimes hard decisions will need to be taken which will affect foreign investments on their soil.