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Treaty disputes roiled by bias charges
| 10-Jul-2013
Concerns about objectivity and accountability of investment dispute arbitrators have prompted calls for tougher ethical guidelines as caseloads have exploded.
keywords: Argentina , corporate interests , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
ICSID and Latin America: Criticisms, withdrawals and regional alternatives
| 25-Jun-2013
Latin American states are the only ones in the world that have decided to withdraw from the ICSID Convention. It is also the only region in the world considering the necessity to find an alternative to ICSID mechanism.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Latin America
Turkish firm Karkey files $700m claim on Pakistan
The News | 18-Jun-2013
A Turkish power generation company has filed a case against the Pakistan government at ICSID for compensation of losses worth 700 million dollars
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Türkiye
Unfair, unsustainable, and under the radar
Democracy Center | 26-May-2013
A new paper from the Democracy Center sheds an urgent public light on the system of international investment rules and arbitration tribunals that is being used by corporations to undermine citizen and government action on a range of urgent social and environmental issues.
keywords: actions | resistance , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad
| 7-May-2013
Dispute settlements between investors and states saw 62 new cases initiated last year, the highest number of known treaty-based disputes filed in a year, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in March.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , South Africa
Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad
Business Day | 18-Apr-2013
Dispute settlements between investors and states saw 62 new cases initiated last year, the highest number of known treaty-based disputes filed in a year, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Reko Diq saga: Balochistan wins again
| 20-Feb-2013
Amidst continuing violence plaguing Balochistan, there is now a cause of joy for the Baloch people and the government.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Why can corporate interests trump sovereign rights?
TRNN | 14-Feb-2013
Real News Network interviews Chakravarthi Raghavan on how companies can sue countries under trade and investment agreements
keywords: actions | resistance , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
Hearings to start in Uruguay anti-smoking
| 11-Feb-2013
Uruguay faces its first hearings in the French capital this week in a lawsuit filed by US tobacco giant Philip Morris International against its anti-smoking laws, an official said on Monday.
keywords: corporate interests , health , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Uruguay
Reko Diq: the other side
| 5-Feb-2013
Earlier last month, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry declared null and void the Reko Diq gold and copper mine agreement, the Chagai Hills Exploration Joint Venture Agreement (CHEJVA), with Tethyan Copper Company (TCC).
keywords: Australia , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan