investment | BITs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | 23-Feb-2024
Mozambique faces a substantial economic risk due to its exposure to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims by foreign investors in its coal, oil, and gas sectors. The investment protections in the country’s international investment agreements and contracts, combined with ISDS, expose Mozambique to multi-billion-dollar financial liabilities.
Euractiv | 12-Feb-2024
The European Commission and Canada have agreed on the “interpretation” of parts of their trade agreement that relate to investor protection from environmental regulation, in a push by Brussels to persuade member states to ratify the bilateral multibillion-euro deal.
Inter Press Service | 9-Feb-2024
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in international trade and investment agreements – long abused by opportunists with means – are slowly being rejected by cautious governments.
CIAR Global | 22-Jan-2024
Varios medios mexicanos han confirmado que las negociaciones entre la empresa china Ganfeng Lithium y la Secretaría de Economía de México para resolver el conflicto no han dado sus frutos.
The News | 17-Jan-2024
Pakistan has negotiated to include a graduated approach for settlement of investment disputes between the state and investors.
IISD | 15-Jan-2024
In September 2023, the European Commission has unveiled a non-paper presenting model clauses for BITs between EU member states and third countries.
IISD | 15-Jan-2024
En septembre 2023, la Commission européenne a dévoilé un document officieux présentant des clauses types pour les traités bilatéraux d’investissement entre les États membres de l’UE et les pays tiers.
CLACSO | 8-Jan-2024
Presentamos el primer número del Boletín Poder corporativo, Estado y luchas sociales: apuntes desde el derecho y la economía política internacional del Grupo de Trabajo CLACSO Lex Mercatoria, poder corporativo y derechos humanos, coordinado por Luciana Ghiotto y Ana García Saggioro.
Yahoo Finance | 11-Dec-2023
Sarama Resources Ltd, advises that it has formally notified the government of Burkina Faso, of the existence of an investment dispute between the Company and Burkina Faso in relation to the government’s withdrawal of the company’s rights to the Tankoro 2 Exploration Permit.
Legal Cheek | 8-Dec-2023
Without a mandatory and uniform standard on the human rights obligations of investors in investment law, any change in international investment arbitration may be incremental.