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Russia strengthens its position in Yukos case over past three years — defense rep
TASS | 1-Oct-2019
The Russian side appealed that a number of provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty could not be applied to the Russian Federation because it did not ratify it.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
ISDS victory: RCEP won’t allow corporations to sue governments
AFTINET | 1-Oct-2019
After seven years of tireless campaigning in Australia and across the region, the Malaysian Trade Minister announced that foreign investor rights to sue governments (ISDS) has been dropped from the RCEP agreement negotiations.
keywords: actions | resistance , investor-state disputes | ISDS , RCEP
Otra vez los TBI: Ecuador pierde millonario arbitraje con petrolera
América Latina Mejor Sin TLC | 30-Sep-2019
La petrolera Perenco Ecuador Limited recibirá 471,8 millones de dólares del Estado ecuatoriano en concepto de indemnización, amparada por el Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones suscrito con Francia. La multinacional, por su parte, solo deberá abonar 60 millones en concepto de daños ambientales y costas procesales.
keywords: Ecuador , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Latam Hydro y CH Mamacocha, arbitraje en CIADI contra Perú
Ciar Global | 28-Sep-2019
Junto a Latam Hydro, CH Mamacocha demanda a Perú ante CIADI en relación con la construcción de una central en un espacio protegido.
keywords: energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
Over $100 million paid to Karkey as penalty, claims Sherry
Business Recorder | 27-Sep-2019
Pakistan has paid over $100 million to Turkish rental power company Karkey as a penalty out of $800 million, Senator Sherry Rehman has said.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Turkey
Nord Stream 2 sues EU using ISDS
Forbes | 27-Sep-2019
The company building the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea today sued the European Union over new gas rules it says are threatening its investments in the project.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Argentina: Ciadi. Presentan otro reclamo contra el país por las tarifas de luz en Río Negro
La Nación | 26-Sep-2019
Se trata del segundo reclamo que recibe el gobierno de Mauricio Macri ante el Ciadi, luego de que la empresa española Orazul International España Holdings presentara una demanda basada en la protección que entrega el Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones (TBI) Argentina-España a las empresas nacionales respecto de las conductas de alguno de los países.
keywords: Argentina , energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Singapore firms in Myanmar to get better protection under new bilateral treaty
The Straits Times | 25-Sep-2019
The Bilateral Investment Treaty on the Promotion and Protection of Investments between Singapore and Myanmar aims to promote greater investment flows between the two countries.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Myanmar , Singapore
Weapons of legal destruction: ISDS lawsuits and Lydian International’s assault on Armenian sovereignty
CADTM | 24-Sep-2019
The signing of an investment treaty involves a unilateral loss of sovereignty on the part of the host state, which is ultimately deemed necessary to attract foreign capital.
keywords: Armenia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , UNCITRAL
Beyond credible commitments: (investment) treaties as focal points
Lauge Poulsen | 23-Sep-2019
Western architects of the investment regime expected the treaties to play a standard-setting role to be used in informal bargaining with host states.
keywords: geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS