investment | BITs
The Edge Malaysia | 3-Nov-2025
The investor-state dispute settlement system, with its roots in colonialism and extractivism, is not fit for purpose in the 21st century because it prioritises the interests of foreign investors over the rights of states, human rights and the environment.
Zawya | 28-Oct-2025
Held the first meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments.
Lexology | 20-Oct-2025
Article 13.1 of Model IV provides that an investment dispute between an investor and a host state shall, as far as possible, be settled amicably through negotiations between the parties to the dispute, including conciliation procedures.
ISDS América Latina | 13-Oct-2025
Durante más de dos décadas, Argentina fue el país más demandado del mundo por corporaciones extranjeras. Bajo el mecanismo ISDS, empresas transnacionales llevaron al Estado a tribunales internacionales privados por medidas tomadas en contextos de crisis económica y social. Actualmente el país enfrenta 65 demandas, con reclamos por más de USD 36.800 millones. El país ya fue obligado a pagar USD 9.330 millones, una cifra que duplica el presupuesto educativo anual. Los sectores más afectados: energía, finanzas, agua y residuos.
CIEL | 3-Oct-2025
Fossil fuel companies alone have launched over 300 ISDS cases, seeking over $80 billion in damages for climate-related policies aimed at phasing out oil, gas, and coal.
Norton Rose Fulbright | 28-Jul-2025
We consider the key changes for investors and how the treaty reflects India’s developing approach to the balancing of its regulatory rights against those of private investors.
Alternatives Economiques | 23-Jul-2025
Les gouvernements successifs en France ont longtemps considéré le mécanisme de règlement des différends entre investisseurs et Etats (RDIE ou ISDS en anglais) comme un instrument utile pour les entreprises françaises à l’étranger et inoffensif pour l’Hexagone.
NDTV | 7-Jul-2025
India is actively negotiating bilateral investment treaties with over a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Oman, European Union, Switzerland, Russia, and Australia, a government official said.