News from the movements
SOMO | 15-Nov-2024
Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks for communities.
SOMO | 13-Nov-2024
The government of Kenya has officially terminated its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands, marking a significant win for economic justice and environmental protection.
CIEL | 12-Nov-2024
The urgent need to address climate change is hindered by legal barriers within international investment law, particularly through Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms.
keywords:
climate ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
TNI | 7-Nov-2024
An impoverished country resisting foreign investors’ claims.
TNI | 6-Nov-2024
Después de un año de investigaciones, entrevistas, conversaciones y debates, logramos compilar en un reporte de 130 páginas la información básica sobre la avalancha de catorce demandas arbitrales contra Honduras en el corto periodo de 2023 hasta la mitad de 2024, además de las cinco demandas que el país había recibido antes de 2023.
TNI | 22-Oct-2024
Este informe contiene una sistematización y análisis de las estadísticas de las demandas arbitrales de inversores extranjeros contra los Estados de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en base a tratados internacionales con protección de inversiones. Se contabilizan los datos hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2023.
TNI | 22-Oct-2024
This report presents a systematic overview of foreign investor lawsuits against countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) based on investment protection treaties up to 31 December 2023.
Inequality.org | 21-Oct-2024
The country will likely have to pay over $30 million to an American litigation firm because it wanted to protect its environment from harmful seabed mining.
United Steelworkers | 20-Oct-2024
We are writing on behalf of Canadian unions that are deeply concerned about the current negotiations for a free trade agreement with Ecuador.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Canada ,
Ecuador ,
human rights ,
indigenous peoples ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining
SOMO | 11-Oct-2024
The multinational disagrees with the decision that gas production in the Dutch province of Groningen will be shut down early.
