publish

  • Home
  • investment | BITs
investment | BITs
The secretive legal weapon that fossil fuel interests use against climate-conscious countries
Grist | 18-Jan-2023
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Proposed BIT with Hungary: Differences emerge between BoI, ministries over proposal
Business Recorder | 7-Dec-2022
There are two sticking points in the negotiations of the Pakistan-Hungary BIT: one is “Expropriation” and the other is “Subrogation”.
keywords: Hungary , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , reformed ISDS
Air Tanzania plane seized in the Netherlands
The Citizen | 7-Dec-2022
Air Tanzania Company Limited plane has been seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania due to revoked land title in the Bagamoyo sugar project.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , Netherlands , Tanzania
« Depuis trente ans, le droit international du commerce et de l’investissement l’emporte sur le droit de l’environnement »
Le Monde | 18-Nov-2022
Les institutions et les règles qui organisent la mondialisation constituent un obstacle majeur à la mise en place de toute mesure efficace de protection de l’environnement et de réponse à l’urgence climatique.
keywords: climate , ECT , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Armed conflict and investment treaty arbitration
Farrer & Co | 16-Nov-2022
This article summarises the legal protections which may be available to investors in times of armed conflict under investment treaty arbitration.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , militarism | terrorism | security
UNCTAD publishes report on international climate change investment trends and policy developments
Reuters | 14-Nov-2022
The report suggests that progress on IIA reform is critical to enable countries to address the challenges of climate change.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
La gouvernance des investissements internationaux et la réalisation d’un avenir carboneutre équitable
CCSI | 3-Nov-2022
Un régime d’investissement international entièrement inédit, conçu dans l’optique du climat et d’autres objectifs mondiaux, pourrait servir d’outil pour accélérer les investissements nécessaires à la résolution de la crise climatique.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
International investment governance and achieving a just zero-carbon future
CCSI | 3-Nov-2022
A wholly new international investment regime designed with climate and other global goals in mind could be used as a tool to accelerate the investments needed to address the climate crisis.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Beyond ‘Once BITten, Twice Shy’: defending the legitimacy of investor-state dispute settlement in Peru and Australia
Taylor & Francis Online | 20-Oct-2022
Why do governments include ISDS in investment treaties despite scant evidence of its economic benefits and clearer info about its costs?
keywords: Australia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru
UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses – report
The Guardian | 12-Oct-2022
Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on bilateral investment treaties.
keywords: climate , environment , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK