Articles in English
The News | 16-Feb-2015
Pakistan Finance minister says the government will review its existing bilateral investment treaties and develop a template for future ones.
Scoop | 13-Feb-2015
This week’s edition of world-leading medical journal The Lancet includes a call by 27 health experts from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, the USA, and Vietnam for the TPPA to be made public so its overall health impacts can be assessed.
Stop TTIP | 13-Feb-2015
A report authored by Prof. Dr. Siegfried Broß and recently published by the German Hans Böckler Stiftung concludes that the Investor-State-Dispute Settlement (ISDS) tribunals currently planned to be included in the TTIP and CETA free-trade agreements are not in accordance with Germany’s constitution.
JD Supra | 9-Feb-2015
Three recent ICSID decisions involving Ecuador highlight the importance of language addressing the status of taxes in investment treaties.
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | 6-Feb-2015
Advocates of a transatlantic investment treaty should be careful not to overstate their case and play the “China-card” as a core argument for allowing US investors to side-track EU courts.
EurActiv | 6-Feb-2015
The French Senate united on Tuesday (3 February) in its opposition to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS).
FT | 5-Feb-2015
It is very difficult to refute the general allegation that the TTIP agenda is driven by big business interests, writes John Kay
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investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
EurActiv | 27-Jan-2015
Trade negotiations between the EU and Canada concluded in October 2013, but France and Germany now want to make changes to the CETA agreement’s investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause.
Mediate.com | 26-Jan-2015
There is a developing consensus among states that it is acceptable, and even virtuous, to challenge investor-state arbitration as an infringement on the rights of the public to pass laws through their democratically-elected representatives.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS
SSRN | 26-Jan-2015
This article analyzes the restrictive approach adopted by investor-State arbitration tribunals to human rights arguments raised by host States, as exemplified in the case of the human right to water
