Articles in English
Mining.com | 28-Aug-2020
Canada’s Barrick Gold said it would challenge the Papua New Guinea government alleged move to grant a 20-year lease for the Porgera gold mine to a state-backed firm.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 28-Aug-2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments globally are engaging in a difficult balancing act of protecting public health, mitigating economic damage and avoiding interference with private rights.
Global Legal Chronicle | 27-Aug-2020
The US subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation lost a $20 million plus arbitration claim against the Republic of Panama filed by under the US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.
CDR | 27-Aug-2020
Despite a drop in cases at ICSID in the face of Covid-19 and Achmea, the level of investor-state arbitrations remains high overall. However, long-term challenges remain.
keywords:
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Earthworks | 25-Aug-2020
El Tambor is a controversial gold mining project in Guatemala. After years of local protests and litigation, it was halted in 2016 for lack of prior consultation with Indigenous people.
TNI | 24-Aug-2020
Latin America’s battle with COVID-19 hampered by investment arbitration cases.
Yonhap | 20-Aug-2020
The Ministry of Justice in Korea has created a team dedicated to settling investor-state disputes, in order to more actively and effectively respond to intricate international litigation.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Korea
SSRN | 20-Aug-2020
Recent jurisdictional decisions suggest that sovereign debt will be subject to bilateral investment treaties for the foreseeable future.
keywords:
covid ,
finance | banking | taxes ,
health ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
IPS | 18-Aug-2020
Predatory international law firms are encouraging multimillion-dollar investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits citing Covid-19 containment, relief and recovery measures.
The Guardian | 16-Aug-2020
Governments around the world – including the UK – face a wave of lawsuits from foreign companies who complain that their profits have been hit by the pandemic.
