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Investor–state dispute settlement and fossil fuels: What role for a carveout?
IISD | 12-Mar-2024
The proposal of a carveout emerges as a targeted damage control measure to address the recognized and urgent problem that ISDS poses to climate action.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Ecuador’s "shock doctrine" referendum on ISDS
Trade and Investment Research Project | 12-Mar-2024
The Ecuadorian President is using the cover of internal conflict to bring investor-state dispute settlement back to Ecuador, in what a former Constitutional Court member calls a "democratic disaster."
keywords: Ecuador , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Site classé à l’UNESCO : une minière canadienne perd un arbitrage contre la Roumanie
Radio-Canada | 11-Mar-2024
Une compagnie minière canadienne a perdu une procédure d’arbitrage contre la Roumanie, qui avait bloqué son projet d’exploitation d’une mine d’or sur un site désormais inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, a annoncé Bucarest.
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Romania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
ABC News | 11-Mar-2024
The Romanian government has won a years long legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed plans to open a gold and silver mine in the Eastern European country.
keywords: Canada , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Klesch Group’s legal paradox
SOMO | 8-Mar-2024
Oil Refiner Klesch sues EU, Germany and Denmark over windfall profit tax while making record profits due to Ukraine invasion.
keywords: ECT , energy , EU , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Explicación: Los diferentes tipos de arbitraje de disputas inversionistas-Estados
bilaterals.org | 8-Mar-2024
¿Qué tipo de arbitraje ISDS ha sido el más utilizado por las corporaciones? ¿Por qué es importante entender los diferentes modos de ISDS?
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Climat : feu vert des États de l’UE à un retrait du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie
Euractiv | 8-Mar-2024
Les Vingt-Sept ont approuvé le retrait coordonné de l’UE du traité international sur la charte de l’Énergie, jugé trop protecteur des investissements dans les énergies fossiles et que de nombreux pays, dont la France, ont déjà annoncé vouloir quitter.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
EU countries to exit energy treaty over climate concerns, officials say
Reuters | 8-Mar-2024
European Union countries agreed to jointly quit an international energy treaty over concerns that it undermines efforts to fight climate change, officials said.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Panamá supera la demanda de arbitraje de la italiana Campos de Pesé
CIAR Global | 7-Mar-2024
El 1 de marzo de 2024, el tribunal del arbitraje de inversiones de la compañía italiana Campos de Pesé contra Panamá ha desestimado la reclamación de la empresa.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Panama
Invested in whiteness: Zimbabwe, the von Pezold arbitration, and the question of race in international law
SSRN | 7-Mar-2024
Using the 2015 arbitral award in von Pezold v. Zimbabwe as its starting point, this piece reflects on the relationship between racial capitalism and international law.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , Zimbabwe