environment
Amico Hoops | 2-Jun-2021
The Ecuadorean country will have to face a millionaire sum for Perenco oil company after a ruling by a panel formed under the auspices of the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
| 22-May-2021
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in free trade and investment agreements protect mining projects that often wreak environmental havoc, creating sacrificial zones where entire ecosystems collapse and communities suffer the most. Most ISDS disputes have involved environmental issues. Barrick Gold vs. Papua New Guinea Churchill Mining vs. Indonesia Copper Mesa vs. Ecuador Crystallex vs. Venezuela Eco Oro vs. Colombia Foresti vs. South Africa Gabriel Resources vs. Romania (...)
The Ecologist | 18-May-2021
The shadowy parallel court system of major trade agreements makes it difficult for countries to ban broad-spectrum insecticides.
TRT | 23-Apr-2021
A Canadian mining company is suing Turkey for $1 billion at a secretive arbitration court over the cancellation of a mine project that was deemed disastrous for the environment.
Reuters | 21-Apr-2021
Miner Alamos Gold said its Netherlands units will file an investment treaty claim exceeding $1 billion against Turkey for "unfair and inequitable treatment" with its gold mining project.
CIAR Global | 12-Mar-2021
Un tribunal mexicano ha suspendido temporalmente la controvertida reforma a la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica impulsada por Andrés Manuel López Obrador, que prioriza la energía de compañías nacionales como Pemex y la Comisión Federal de Electricidad sobre la de compañías privadas, y sobre la que muchos expertos han advertido de la amenaza de demandas de arbitraje internacionales.
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Han pasado 10 años desde la sentencia de Lago Agrio, hasta el día de hoy la petrolera se niega a cumplir con la sentencia; y, a su vez optó por activar todo un sistema que garantiza impunidad a las Transnacionales.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Ecuador ,
energy ,
environment ,
from the movements ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis la sentence du Lago Agrio, et à ce jour, la compagnie pétrolière refuse toujours de se conformer à la sentence. Au contraire, elle a décidé d’activer tout un système qui garantit l’impunité des transnationales.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Ecuador ,
energy ,
environment ,
from the movements ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
UDAPT | 17-Feb-2021
Ten years have passed since the judgment of Lago Agrio. Until today the oil company refuses to comply with the judgement; and, in turn, has chosen to activate a whole system that guarantees corporate impunity.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
Ecuador ,
energy ,
environment ,
from the movements ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
The Star | 17-Feb-2021
ROYAL Dutch Shell Plc launched arbitration proceedings against the Nigerian government over a long-running community dispute.
keywords:
energy ,
environment ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Netherlands ,
Nigeria
