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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.
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.
Ghana Web | 17-Feb-2021
A Chinese-based construction company, Beijing Everyway Traffic and Lighting Tech Co Ltd is claiming USD55 million from Ghana for cancelling a contract it awarded it to develop an intelligent traffic management system for the country.
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
Reuters | 16-Feb-2021
Some governments have said the bloc should consider quitting the agreement because the treaty could threaten climate goals.
Ecofin | 16-Feb-2021
Shell, empêtré dans de nombreuses affaires de pollution dans le delta du Niger, a été condamné à verser des dommages-intérêts, mais semble vouloir régler le contentieux à l’amiable, d’où la sollicitation d’un arbitrage.
keywords:
energy ,
environment ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Netherlands ,
Nigeria
Out-Law | 15-Feb-2021
According to ICSID, there were 58 new cases registered with it last year, up from the previous record high of 56 in 2018 and the 39 recorded in 2019.
keywords:
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 12-Feb-2021
An appeal mechanism is not the panacea to all primary concerns associated with ISDS. There is a need for holistic reform.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform
Radio Free Europe | 12-Feb-2021
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty says Russia is violating a bilateral investment treaty by targeting the organization’s news operations within Russia under its controversial “foreign agent” law.
Investment Monitor | 12-Feb-2021
Categorical claims about the impact of trade deals on FDI are not supported by the evidence, which paints a nuanced and sometimes contradictory picture.
