investment | BITs
2024 year in review: human rights and ISDS—continued convergence of human rights and the environment
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 3-Feb-2025
2024 shows the continued convergence of human rights and the environment in the ISDS context.
The Hindu BusinessLine | 3-Feb-2025
Revamp will help expedite new BITs with partner countries; may push FTA talks.
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.
USTR | 17-Jan-2025
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CIAR Global | 15-Jan-2025
La compañía suiza Maritime Archaelogy Consultants Switzerland AG ha presentado un arbitraje de inversiones contra Colombia relacionado con el rescate del tesoro del Galeón San José.
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.
Yonhap | 2-Jan-2025
South Korea and Bahrain have signed a bilateral investment treaty on cementing the legal grounds for mutual investment and economic cooperation, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
The Economic Times | 23-Dec-2024
Demands of certain developed countries from India to negotiate ’investment protection’ elements under an FTA is inappropriate as negotiating the matter as part of a separate chapter under the trade pact could have larger and detrimental implications.
European Commission | 18-Dec-2024
The European Commission decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaties that it still has in force with Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia.
Euractiv | 18-Dec-2024
The Energy Charter Treaty allow fossil fuel investors to sue EU member states before international arbitral tribunals to challenge climate mitigation measures. This legal mechanism is increasingly weaponized by the industry.
