News from the movements
No a los TCI | 10-Mar-2022
Un nuevo análisis del Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IISD) alerta de que los compromisos climáticos adoptados en Glasgow corren peligro para los países firmantes del TCE debido a su impacto en las inversiones fósiles.
AFTINET | 7-Mar-2022
AFTINET has raised the alarm over the possibility that British corporations will gain the right to sue the Australian Government if the UK is granted membership in the CPTPP.
Michael West | 4-Mar-2022
The gold mine was closed by the Thai government, but an obscure clause in a “free trade” agreement has allowed the lucrative mine in Central Thailand to reopen.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Australia ,
environment ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
Thailand
Both Ends | 4-Mar-2022
From a climate perspective, the expected reform outcome is a failure. No Contracting Party will end investment protection for fossil fuels in a timeline that is necessary to align with the Paris Agreement.
Inequality.org | 3-Mar-2022
An attempted assassination, criminalization, and violent eviction in 2014 didn’t stop the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya in Guatemala, which won legal action suspending harmful mining activities.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
CAFTA ,
environment ,
Guatemala ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
water
Inequality.org | 2-Mar-2022
In the Gulf of Ulloa, a US treasure-hunting company turned seabed mining outfit poses a dire risk to the environment.
keywords:
environment ,
fisheries | fisherfolk ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
mining ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
Global Justice Now | 2-Mar-2022
It is perfectly possible to withdraw from trade deals containing corporate courts, as former South African trade minister Rob Davies explains.
APWLD | 1-Mar-2022
APWLD is launching new Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) vs Women’s Human Rights briefers which elaborate on how ISDS is incompatible with human rights principles.
CIEL | 25-Feb-2022
The ICSID announced their rationale for a decision to reject a non-disputing party submission (amicus curiae) filed by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
keywords:
environment ,
fisheries | fisherfolk ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
mining ,
NAFTA | USMCA
CCPA | 22-Feb-2022
Koch claims that Ontario’s abrupt cancellation of its cap-and-trade system in 2018 violated the NAFTA Chapter 11 minimum standard of treatment and expropriation clauses.
