From July 14 to 16, the following meeting will be held in Honduras: Without Human Rights, There Is No Energy Sovereignty: A meeting of communities affected by energy projects in southern Honduras, a country facing an avalanche of international arbitration claims in secretive corporate courts, more than a third of which come from the renewable energy sector.
Del 14 al 16 de julio se realiza en Honduras el Encuentro: Sin derechos humanos, no hay soberanía energética: Encuentro de comunidades afectadas por proyectos energéticos en el sur de Honduras, país que se enfrenta a una avalancha de demandas de arbitraje internacional en tribunales corporativos secretos, de las cuales más de un tercio provienen del sector de las energías renovables.
Although fossil fuel phase-outs are critical to achieving global climate goals, protections granted through Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions to foreign-owned coal operations expose governments to costly litigation, threatening to thwart state action.
Malaysian CSOs have urged the government to reject the inclusion of the ISDS clause in the RCEP agreement. They warn that ISDS allows foreign investors to sue governments over policies safeguarding public interests like health, workers, and the environment, potentially leading to costly legal battles and large payouts detrimental to national budgets.
En el documental Pero sí existimos, la lideresa ambiental del Mayab, Araceli Domínguez, señala que la minera estadunidense Vulcan miente diciendo que no hay una comunidad en resistencia al proyecto CALICA.
El grupo, representado por el bufete Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, solicita el pago de hasta 90 millones de euros en disputas sometidas ante el CIADI con resultado favorable.
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.
Civil society organisations from the 15 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), call upon RCEP governments to continue to exclude Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the RCEP.
AES denunció una violación al Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones con Estados Unidos por la modificación unilateral de los ingresos en dólares y por el prolongado congelamiento tarifario.