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Comunicado CESTA-AT frente a fallo del CIADI favorable al estado salvadoreño
CESTA - AT | 18-Oct-2016
Lo lamentable del caso es que el CIADI se haya tardado tanto en resolver tal demanda pues le ocasionó al gobierno salvadoreño un gasto superior a US$ 13 millones.
keywords: El Salvador , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Les juges étrangers de la globalisation
Le Temps | 18-Oct-2016
La fonction régalienne de l’Etat souverain se heurte à la règle internationale du commerce fondée sur le respect de la parole donnée. Et les organes d’arbitrage qui tranchent les litiges ne donnent pas toujours raison aux Etats.
keywords: Belgium , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Rethinking investment treaties to advance human rights
IIED | 18-Oct-2016
There is considerable room to rethink substantive norms and dispute settlement arrangements.
keywords: human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
SA needs to address its investment image
IOL | 18-Oct-2016
Cabinet’s endorsement of the draft International Arbitration Bill in April this year gave a welcome indication that South Africa would soon provide investors with one of the essential tools for operating in the modern global economy.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , South Africa , UNCITRAL
Nota legal sobre la protección de inversiones en el TTIP y el CETA
TNI | 17-Oct-2016
Los sistemas de protección de las inversiones en el TTIP y el CETA plantean una grave e innecesaria amenaza a la democracia y el interés público.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , TTIP
Legal statement on investment protection in TTIP and CETA
Stop TTIP | 17-Oct-2016
Over 100 law professors from across Europe have come together to send a clear message to EU decision makers demanding the investor protection mechanisms be excluded from TTIP and CETA.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Philippine Government’s crackdown on nickel mining - Arbitration options for foreign investors
KWM | 17-Oct-2016
The viability of the Filipino nickel industry is in a state of flux following President Rodrigo Duterte’s national audit of the country’s forty mines. Lawyers explore ISDS options.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Philippines
Free trade’s chilling effects
Taylor & Francis | 17-Oct-2016
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
keywords: CAFTA , Central America , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
After seven years and millions of dollars, decision announced in Pac Rim mining company vs. El Salvador
Institute for Policy Studies | 16-Oct-2016
Coalition of groups state “there are no winners," investor-state arbitration subverts democracy.
keywords: Canada , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Victoire du Salvador contre une minière canadienne
Le Devoir | 15-Oct-2016
Une poursuite de 300 millions de dollars intentée par l’entreprise minière Pacific Rim Mining Corporation contre le Salvador a été défaite par un arbitrage du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements
keywords: Canada , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining