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AFTINET submission to the review of ISDS in the Australia-NZ-ASEAN free trade agreement
AFTINET | 6-Feb-2023
The AFTINET submission provides evidence of the harmful use of ISDS over the last decade against public regulation on health, indigenous rights, the environment and most recently against policies to reduce carbon emissions.
keywords: actions | resistance, ASEAN, Australia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, New Zealand
The risk of investor-state disputes in Asean in the aftermath of Covid-19
The Business Times | 8-Jul-2020
The current pandemic, and the treaty claims which are likely to stem from it, are a reminder of the importance for ASEAN to be engaged in ongoing discussions at the United Nations of possible reform of the system of investment treaty arbitration.
keywords: ASEAN, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS
Regional MPs call for greater transparency of RCEP negotiations
APHR | 10-Mar-2020
As ministers of the member countries of the RCEP meet for final negotiations over the trade agreement this week, regional lawmakers today expressed concern about the lack of parliamentary and public oversight of the deal, as well as its potential human rights impacts.
keywords: ASEAN, Australia, bilateralism & multilateralism, China, intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Japan, Korea, New Zealand
Investment laws of ASEAN countries: A comparative review
IISD | 13-Dec-2017
No ASEAN country grants general consent to investor–state arbitration in its investment law.
keywords: ASEAN, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS
Des traités commerciaux à tout-va
CNCD 11.11.11 | 17-Nov-2017
Au-delà du CETA, signé en octobre 2017 par l’Union européenne et le Canada et très médiatisé, l’Europe négocie une kyrielle de traités commerciaux à travers toute la planète.
keywords: ASEAN, Canada, EPAs, EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Mercosur
RCEP: Robbing communities to extract profit
APWLD | 14-Oct-2017
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, ASEAN, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, RCEP, women
ASEAN Parliamentarians call for a focus on rights in regional trade talks
Asian Tribune | 24-Jul-2017
Officials from ASEAN member states and other countries meeting in India this week for negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) should take steps to ensure that the trade deal safeguards human rights, Southeast Asian lawmakers said today.
keywords: ASEAN, human rights, intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, RCEP
Beyond investment protection: group warns of intensified corporate attacks vs people’s rights as ASEAN leaders meet in PH
People Over Profit | 5-May-2017
The People Over Profit network together with local civil society organizations in the Philippines warn of intensifying corporate attacks on people’s rights and join calls for an independent, sovereign and peaceful Southeast Asian region.
keywords: ASEAN, Asia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, RCEP
Negotiations this week on EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement
European Commission | 2-May-2017
Negotiators discussed the EU’s reformed approach to investment protection and investment dispute resolution.
keywords: ASEAN, EU, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Myanmar
Time to terminate trade & investment agreements allowing corporations to sue government
Focus | 3-Feb-2017
The recent investment arbitral decision against the Philippines in favor of the Belgian corporation should be a wake up call on the dangers posed by free trade and investment agreements.
keywords: actions | resistance, ASEAN, Belgium, EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Philippines, RCEP

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