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Nobel economist and 100 experts condemn corporate action against Argentina and Bolivia after rollback of failed pension privatization
IPS | 8-Apr-2021
Private insurance corporations are suing Argentina and Bolivia for loss of potential profits as a result of the reversal of privatization of pension programs.
keywords: Argentina , Bolivia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
La refonte du droit de l’investissement à partir de la base : l’extractivisme, les droits humains et les traités d’investissement
IISD | 8-Apr-2021
Pour de nombreuses personnes affectées par l’extraction des ressources, le régime juridique désintègre, car les traités d’investissement peuvent protéger des projets qui bouleversent leur vies, leur laissant peu de chance de se faire entendre.
keywords: human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources
Barrick forces hand of Papua New Guinea government in reopening Porgera mine
Mining Watch | 7-Apr-2021
Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister Papua New Guinea released a statement announcing that his government will be making a deal with the company in regard to the Porgera Joint Venture gold mine.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Papua New Guinea , video
Rechazo a los juicios de las AFJP
Página 12 | 4-Apr-2021
El premio Nobel de Economía Joseph Stiglitz junto a otros 100 expertos internacionales criticaron las demandas de bancos e inversores privados contra la estatización de los sistemas previsionales en Argentina y Bolivia.
keywords: Argentina , Bolivia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
How corporate courts block climate action
Global Justice Now | 1-Apr-2021
Corporate courts are an unjust mechanism that can block climate action. The UK should reject them.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Justicia paralela
TNI | 23-Mar-2021
¿Cómo el sistema de protección de inversiones pone en riesgo la independencia del Poder Judicial en América Latina?
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America
“Super-protections” for corporations
SOMO | 17-Mar-2021
How investment treaties and investor-to-state dispute settlement grant foreign investors greater rights than Dutch and EU law.
keywords: Canada , ECT , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
Shell’s legal weapon to threaten a just energy future
Future Beyond Shell | 11-Mar-2021
To realise a future beyond fossil fuels, it is imperative to look at how to disentangle the legal shackles that enable companies to frustrate climate policy and shift the burden of their stranded assets onto the shoulders of taxpayers through arbitration claims.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Take action to end the climate-killing Energy Charter Treaty
CEO | 23-Feb-2021
Sign the petition to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries!
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Signez la pétition : l’UE et la France doivent sortir du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie, ce Traité qui protège les pollueurs
Collectif Stop CETA | 23-Feb-2021
Le Traité sur la charte de l’énergie (TCE) est un traité peu connu, mais aux effets nocifs considérables.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video