La liberalización comercial es incompatible con los derechos humanos de las mujeres y la igualdad de género cuando las empresas explotan el trabajo de las mujeres como una fuente de ventaja comparativa.
Already, Mexico’s progressive reforms have made it an ISDS target. First Majestic, a Canadian silver mining company has been threatening Mexico for the last few years, under NAFTA’s Chapter 11.
Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp said it served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea government over the country’s refusal to extend a mining lease in the Porgera valley.
La demande de bifurcation formulée par le Maroc en février dernier a été refusée par le CIRDI, dans l’affaire opposant le Royaume à la holding Scholz. La procédure au fond a tout juste démarré.
With the growing concern over the traditional ISDS system, it is highly unlikely that the AfCFTA will include an ISDS mechanism giving investors access to go to international arbitration under conventional international tribunals.
African states need to take a unified and proactive approach to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), in order to make a system that is fairer to Africa and more consistent.