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La Française engagée dans le financement de contentieux
Les Echos | 15-Apr-2016
Deux fonds gérés par La Française International ont été lancés pour financer des entreprises qui engagent des poursuites contre un autre groupe ou un Etat.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Canadian miners face uphill battle to collect on arbitration wins
Financial Post | 15-Apr-2016
Crystallex International Corp. completed the easy part: It won an arbitration award against Venezuela worth nearly US$1.4 billion. Now comes the hard part: actually collecting that money.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
Costa Rica’s request to terminate Infinito Gold’s ICSID claim: brief reflections
Rebelión | 14-Apr-2016
On 24 July 2015, Costa Rica requested the termination of the arbitral proceedings that the Canadian Mining company, Infinito Gold filed with the Centre for the Settlement of Disputes between Foreign Investors and States.
keywords: Canada , Costa Rica , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
The TTIP: serious consequences for public health
Nueva Tribuna | 14-Apr-2016
Private arbitral tribunals will be able to impose multi-million fines on States whose parliaments have dared to legislate without taking into account corporate expectations.
keywords: health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TiSA , TTIP
The transatlantic free trade treaty: the climate’s enemy
Reporterre | 14-Apr-2016
Threats against environmental directives, legal arbitration against States, the growth of trade generating CO2… while discussions between the United States and the European Union continue, the author of this article demonstrates that this treaty is incompatible with the Paris Agreement on Climate.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
French court rules in favor of Russia’s Roscosmos in Yukos assets seizure case
Moscow Times | 14-Apr-2016
Russian space agency Roscosmos has won a court action in France concerning $700 million in payments owed to the company, which were seized by French authorities.
keywords: ECT , energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
L’Agence spatiale russe récupère 700 M USD gelés dans l’affaire Ioukos
Sputnik | 14-Apr-2016
L’agence spatiale russe Roskosmos a gagné le procès en France dans l’affaire de la saisie des comptes de la société d’Etat dans le cadre de l’affaire Ioukos.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , natural resources , Russia
Al descubierto: Demandan a Colombia por $16.500 millones de dólares al amparo del TLC con EEUU, por crear el Parque Nacional Yaigoji Apaporis
Amigos de la Tierra | 13-Apr-2016
Por medio de documentos publicados recientemente por el gobierno colombiano se develó la intención de tres empresas mineras de demandar al país por un monto que podría alcanzar los 16.500 millones de dólares.
keywords: Colombia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , US
L’ALECA serait-il le Pacte Fondamental de 1857 dans sa version plus moderne?
Leaders | 13-Apr-2016
L’Accord de libre-échange complet et approfondi (ALECA) serait-il ce pacte qui nous obligerait dans quelques années à accepter plus de concession au profit de la machine européenne.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy , Tunisia
France seizes $ 1 billion in Russian state assets
Politico | 13-Apr-2016
France has seized $700 million in Russian state assets at the initiative of former Yukos shareholders.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , natural resources , Russia