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Congo’s Kabila yet to sign new mining code as deadline nears
Reuters | 21-Feb-2018
International mining companies are lobbying Kabila not to sign the new code, saying the proposed changes would discourage investment and violate existing agreements. Randgold has threatened to challenge the law through international arbitration.
keywords: Congo, Dem Rep of , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Tribunal d’arbitrage, la bourse ou la bourse
Le Média | 21-Feb-2018
Le fonctionnement des tribunaux d’arbitrage, à travers l’exemple de Dubrovnik, ville croate sur laquelle une entreprise néerlandaise souhaitait construire un Golf.
keywords: Croatia , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , video
Ecuador enfrenta 33 procedimientos entre arbitrajes de inversión y comerciales en 10 años
CIAR Global | 20-Feb-2018
Ecuador ha publicado un informe sobre los procesos internacionales en los que se ha visto implicado entre abril de 2008 y enero de 2018. El informe recoge en total 43 procedimientos entre arbitrajes de inversión, arbitrajes comerciales y juicios internacionales.
keywords: Ecuador , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Glencore, Randgold form group to challenge Congo law changes
Bloomberg | 19-Feb-2018
Randgold is considering launching international arbitration if Congolese President gives his assent to the legislation.
keywords: Congo, Dem Rep of , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Churchill claims "unfair arbitration" in Indonesia legal battle
London South East | 19-Feb-2018
Churchill Mining updated the market on the progress made in its attempts to annul an international tribunal’s award against it.
keywords: Australia , Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Gambia gov’t spends two billion dalasis on arbitration cases!
Freedom Newspaper | 19-Feb-2018
How can the Goverment risk billions of dalasis in arbitration costs, once more, with Africa Petroleum? What money will pay for this trial?
keywords: energy , Gambia , investor-state disputes | ISDS
How international investment agreements have made debt restructuring even more difficult and costly
South Centre | 19-Feb-2018
Inconsistencies and even contradictions have emerged in dispute settlement decisions, sometimes at the expense of public good, sovereignty and financial and economic stability.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Ecuador: El retorno de los Tratados Bilaterales de “Invasión”
HispanTV | 19-Feb-2018
La maquinaria neocolonial y neoliberal avanza en Ecuador bajo el discurso de la apertura comercial y la reactivación económica.
keywords: Ecuador , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Arbitrator: EMG due $1.03b from Egypt over canceled gas contract
Haaretz | 19-Feb-2018
Decision comes six years after supplies were halted, forcing EMG shareholder Ampal into bankruptcy.
keywords: Egypt , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Israel
Developing country opposition to an investment court: could state-state dispute settlement be an alternative?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 19-Feb-2018
A multilateral state–state dispute settlement mechanism, coupled with other mechanisms to guarantee participation and access to justice to all stakeholders affected by foreign investment, could help rebalance public and private interests in the investment regime.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS