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A closer look at the India-Uzbekistan BIT 2024: Key provisions and implications
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | 20-Jun-2025
The treaty is a prime illustration of India’s post-2016 BIT policy in action and follows India’s Model BIT closely.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Uzbekistan
India-Kyrgyz Bilateral Investment Treaty comes into force, replaces agreement of 2000
The Economic Times | 6-Jun-2025
The BIT has calibrated the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism with mandatory exhaustion of local remedies, thereby, providing investors alternate dispute resolution mechanism.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Kyrgyzstan
Ending the era of investor-state dispute settlement
Global Development Policy Center | 28-May-2025
To accomplish the removal of ISDS efficiently, G7 countries, or some subset of them, could lead the development of a plurilateral agreement to alter all IIAs amongst the parties that sign up to it.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
El Resurgimiento de la ISDS basada en contratos y el Riesgo de Internacionalizar las Relaciones entre Inversionistas y Estados
IISD | 27-May-2025
Mientras que los tratados de inversión enfrentan una mayor resistencia en todos los frentes, se reitera el llamado a priorizar los arbitrajes basados en contratos conforme a las cláusulas de arbitraje de los acuerdos de inversión negociados entre inversores extranjeros y Estados receptores.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
La résurgence du RDIE fondé sur les contrats et le risque d’internationalisation des relations investisseur-État
IISD | 27-May-2025
Alors que les traités d’investissement se heurtent à une résistance croissante de toutes parts, les appels à donner la priorité aux arbitrages fondés sur des contrats sont relancés.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Resurgence of contract-based ISDS and the risk of internationalizing investor–state relations
IISD | 27-May-2025
As investment treaties face increased resistance from all quarters, there have been renewed calls to prioritize contract-based arbitrations pursuant to arbitration clauses in investment agreements negotiated between foreign investors and host states.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Not far enough – the state of the free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States
TNI | 26-Mar-2025
Despite criticism of the free trade agreement with the United States, Colombian President Gustavo Petro opted to reassess a series of clauses on investments and arbitration, instead of requesting a complete renegotiation.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
Colombia and the US sign an agreement to balance investments in the FTA
América Economía | 17-Jan-2025
The new interpretative note on the investment chapter of the FTA seeks to avoid legal abuses and protect the sovereignty of both countries without affecting incentives for foreign investment.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
US-Colombia FTA: Interpretations of the investment chapter (Jan 2025)
USTR | 17-Jan-2025
keywords: Colombia , FTAs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
Nations are exiting a secretive system that protects corporations. One country’s story shows how hard that can be
Inside Climate News | 3-Jan-2025
Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.
keywords: Bolivia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform