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Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) refers to a way of handling conflicts under international investment agreements whereby companies from one party are allowed to sue the government of another party. This means they can file a complaint and seek compensation for damages. Many BITs and investment chapters of FTAs allow for this if the investor’s expectation of a profit has been negatively affected by some action that the host government took, such as changing a policy. The dispute is normally handled not in a public court but through a private abritration panel. The usual venues where these proceedings take place are the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank), the International Chamber of Commerce, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law or the International Court of Justice.

ISDS is a hot topic right now because it is being challenged very strongly by concerned citizens in the context of the EU-US TTIP negotiations, the TransPacific Partnership talks and the CETA deal between Canada and the EU.

Egypt probes illegal transactions
| 23-May-2011
UAE companies that have invested in Egypt may stand to lose millions of dollars as the state runs an investigation into alleged corruption by former government officials who sold land and assets to investors below market prices, lawyers say.
keywords: Egypt, ICSID, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UAE
Damac threatens international arbitration over Egyptian conviction
| 13-May-2011
Damac Properties is to fight the conviction of its chairman on Egyptian corruption charges by filing a case with the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the company announced yesterday.
keywords: Egypt, ICSID, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UAE
$130 million NAFTA payout sets troubling precedent
CCPA | 23-Mar-2011
Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing?
keywords: Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, labour | workers’ rights, NAFTA | USMCA
El Salvador gana batalla en demanda por minería
La Prensa Gráfica | 21-Mar-2011
“El tribunal determina que la disputa no se encuentra dentro de su jurisdicción y competencia de conformidad con el CAFTA.”, Resolución del tribunal del CIADI
keywords: CAFTA, El Salvador, investor-state disputes | ISDS
Cola wars beat drug wars
Public Citizen | 2-Mar-2011
The award in agribusiness giant Cargill’s NAFTA investor-state attack on Mexico’s jobs program was published last week.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, health, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Mexico, NAFTA | USMCA, US
Law suit prospects seen in TPP deal
Radio NZ | 7-Feb-2011
A top United States trade official says New Zealand is ready to accept investor-state disputes in the nine-country TransPacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP).
keywords: CPTPP, investor-state disputes | ISDS, New Zealand
US claims victory over Canada in lumber dispute
AFP | 22-Jan-2011
The United States claimed victory against Canada Friday in a trade dispute over Ottawa’s alleged subsidies for lumber exports to the United States.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, NAFTA | USMCA
Big tobacco takes fight over plain cigarette packs to free trade agreement
| 16-Jan-2011
Big tobacco is hoping a new multilateral free trade agreement will enable it to sue the Federal Government if Australia introduces plain packaging for cigarettes in mid-2012 as planned.
keywords: Australia, corporate interests , CPTPP, investor-state disputes | ISDS, US
Perú: La nueva jugada de Doe Run
IPS | 14-Jan-2011
La empresa Doe Run volvió a desafiar al Estado peruano. A través de su representante, el Grupo Renco, notificó al gobierno de su intención de iniciar arbitraje internacional amparándose en TLC entre este país y EEUU.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, Peru, US
Perú: Minera Doe Run enjuicia a Perú en tribunales internacionales
NO a la Mina | 12-Jan-2011
La empresa estadounidense Renco Group, Inc. y su filial Doe Run Perú SRL. han iniciado un proceso de arbitraje internacional contra el Estado peruano, basándose en el TLC impuesto por EE.UU. al gobierno de Perú.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, Peru, US

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