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.
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.
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.
In October 2024, the Colombia-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty reaches the end of its initial ten-year term. The UK and Colombian governments now have the opportunity to work together to terminate the treaty.
A UNCTAD note has highlighted the significant growth in damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement. The average award size grew tenfold in the past three decades.