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Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) refers to a way of handling conflicts under international investment agreements whereby companies from one party are allowed to sue the government of another party. This means they can file a complaint and seek compensation for damages. Many BITs and investment chapters of FTAs allow for this if the investor’s expectation of a profit has been negatively affected by some action that the host government took, such as changing a policy. The dispute is normally handled not in a public court but through a private abritration panel. The usual venues where these proceedings take place are the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank), the International Chamber of Commerce, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law or the International Court of Justice.

ISDS is a hot topic right now because it is being challenged very strongly by concerned citizens in the context of the EU-US TTIP negotiations, the TransPacific Partnership talks and the CETA deal between Canada and the EU.

Le Kenya obtient gain de cause dans un arbitrage portant sur le secteur géothermique lancé par WalAm Energy : le tribunal CIRDI rejette toutes les allégations du demandeur
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Un tribunal CIRDI a rejeté les recours lancés par WalAm Energy LCC portant sur un projet géothermique dans la République du Kenya.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kenya
Kenya prevails in a geothermal arbitration brought by WalAm Energy— ICSID tribunal rejects all claimant allegations
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
An ICSID tribunal dismissed claims brought by WalAm Energy LCC over a geothermal project in the Republic of Kenya
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kenya
Tribunal de la CNUDMI dictamina que India incumple TBI entre India y el Reino Unido en procedimientos iniciados por entidades Cairn
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Un tribunal de la CPA desestimó las objeciones jurisdiccionales presentadas por India y concluyó que dicho país incumplió con el estándar de TJE bajo el TBI entre India y el Reino Unido. El caso fue iniciado por Cairn Energy.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Un tribunal CPA conclut que l’Inde a violé le TBI Inde-Royaume-Uni dans une procédure lancée par le groupe Cairn
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Un tribunal arbitral a rejeté les objections à la compétence de l’Inde et conclu que le pays avait violé la norme TJE du TBI Inde-Royaume-Uni, dans un arbitrage lancé par Cairn Energy.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
UNCITRAL tribunal finds India in breach of India–UK BIT in proceedings brought by Cairn entities
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
A PCA tribunal dismissed India’s jurisdictional objections and found it in breach of the FET standard in the India–UK BIT in an arbitration under UNCITRAL rules initiated by Cairn Energy.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Reforma de derecho de la inversión desde cero: extractivismo, derechos humanos y tratados de inversión
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Para muchas personas afectadas por la extracción de recursos, los tratados de inversión pueden proteger emprendimientos que pueden cambiar drásticamente sus vidas con poco margen para expresar sus opiniones u obtener reparación.
keywords: from the movements , human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources
Rethinking investment law from the ground up: extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
For many people affected by resource extraction, it is the prevailing legal regime that dis-embeds and disintegrates, because investment treaties can protect ventures that upend their lives with little scope for voice or redress.
keywords: from the movements , human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources
Oschadbank v. the Russian Federation
Global Legal Chronicle | 9-Apr-2021
The Paris Court of appeal set aside the arbitral award issued in the dispute Oschadbank v. the Russian Federation, finding that the tribunal lacked temporal jurisdiction.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia , Ukraine
Tribunal to hear miner’s dispute against Tanzania
The East African | 9-Apr-2021
Indiana argues that expropriation of its nickel project breached the investment agreement signed by Tanzanian, British and the Northern Ireland governments.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Tanzania , UK
From gunboats to treaties: Who wrote the rules of globalisation?
Investment Monitor | 8-Apr-2021
From colonisation to investor-state dispute settlements, rich countries have sought to exploit and influence their poorer counterparts for centuries, but how did globalisation in its current form come to be?
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS