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Labour unions express concerns about proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador
United Steelworkers | 20-Oct-2024
We are writing on behalf of Canadian unions that are deeply concerned about the current negotiations for a free trade agreement with Ecuador.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , Ecuador , human rights , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Des Autochtones de l’Équateur en tournée au Canada pour «défendre leurs territoires»
Le Devoir | 7-Oct-2024
Depuis une semaine, différentes communautés autochtones de l’Équateur ont parcouru ensemble le Canada pour partager leurs inquiétudes face à l’accord de libre-échange en cours de négociations entre leur pays et le Canada.
keywords: Canada , Ecuador , environment , human rights , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , women
An international law framework for climate-aligned investment governance
CCSI | 3-Jun-2024
International Investment and Trade Law should be reformed for climate-aligned investment governance.
keywords: climate , human rights , intellectual property , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , labour | workers’ rights
Pollueurs payés : comment le RDIE, favorise l’impunité environnementale et menace les souverainetés nationales ?
Tameteo.com | 11-Dec-2023
Quand les Etats s’efforcent de prendre des mesures audacieuses pour réduire les émissions, leurs efforts sont compromis par une menace insidieuse : le Règlement des Différends entre Investisseurs et Etats (RDIE).
keywords: climate , ECT , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Human rights obligations in investor-state disputes
Legal Cheek | 8-Dec-2023
Without a mandatory and uniform standard on the human rights obligations of investors in investment law, any change in international investment arbitration may be incremental.
keywords: human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Can existing international agreements on ‘investment facilitation’ advance sustainable development, climate action, and human rights?
CCSI | 1-Dec-2023
Terminating investment treaties and withdrawing advance consent to ISDS would allow governments to clear the path from problematic treaties centered on investment protection and ISDS, which in practice benefit unsustainable investment.
keywords: alternatives , climate , environment , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
A shadowy corner of international law is threatening climate action, UN expert warns
Inside Climate News | 24-Oct-2023
An obscure but far-reaching system allowing corporations to sue governments is being “weaponized” by the fossil fuel and mining industries, according to a new UN report, jeopardizing progress in developing nations.
keywords: climate , ECT , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Pollueurs payés : les conséquences catastrophiques du règlement des différends entre investisseurs et États sur l’action climatique et environnementale et sur les droits humains
OHCHR | 28-Sep-2023
Le « règlement des différends entre investisseurs et États » est devenu un obstacle majeur aux mesures qu’il faut prendre d’urgence pour faire face aux crises planétaires en matière d’environnement et de droits humains, selon un rapport des Nations unies.
keywords: climate , ECT , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
A system of secret arbitration tribunals is undercutting climate action worldwide
DeSmog | 28-Sep-2023
A UN expert calls for ending confidential arbitration agreements in development and trade treaties, which are forcing nations to roll back climate, enviro, human rights protections while owing fossil fuel companies billions in damages.
keywords: climate , ECT , environment , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Webinario "Auditoría Ciudadana Ya"
FrenemosLasDemandasDeTransnacionales | 13-Sep-2023
Presentación del informe final de la Misión Internacional a Colombia #FrenemosLasDemandasDeTransnacionales.
keywords: Colombia , environment , human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS