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ISDS reform
EU-Canada (CETA) - Revised draft decisions on the appellate tribunal, the code of conduct and the rules for mediation for the implementation of the Investment Court System (EU proposal, July 2018)
| 10-Aug-2018
keywords: Canada , EU , FTAs (texts of) , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
TACD releases new policy resolution on the EU’s Multilateral Investment Court
TACD | 22-Jun-2018
TACD’s resolution recommends that rather than pursuing procedural changes through a MIC at the global level, the EU and US should refrain from including investor-state dispute settlement in any form from any agreement.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
UNCITRAL and ISDS reforms: What are states’ concerns?
EJIL: Talk! | 5-Jun-2018
What are states’ concerns about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)? To help answer that question, we have put together four posts that compile the most relevant quotes from the first two meetings of the UNCITRAL Working Group sessions.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
Corporate lawyers hijack UN meeting, while civil society is sidelined
Truthout | 28-May-2018
The takeaway from the UNCITRAL’s process for its so-called "reform" discussions is that lawyers making millions in ISDS cases are welcomed, while the voices of the millions of people whose lives are harmed by ISDS cases brought by multinational corporations are barely an afterthought.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , sovereignty | democracy , UNCITRAL
Progress towards a Multilateral Investment Court? EU-momentum building and divisions in UNCITRAL Working Group III
Lexology | 16-May-2018
The European Commission’s focus on ISDS has been so intense that far-reaching reform has been portrayed by many as inevitable. The Commission’s proposal is for the development of a multilateral investment court system (MIC).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Report of working group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement reform) on the work of its thirty-fifth session (New York, 23-27 April 2018)
UNCITRAL | 12-May-2018
The working group continued its deliberations on identification of concerns in the field of ISDS, as contemplated in the first part of the mandate.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Crucial ingredients for meaningful reform at UNCITRAL: Withdrawal of consent to arbitrate and termination of existing treaties
CCSI | 9-May-2018
This is a crucial moment in international investment policymaking. Two factors have converged, calling for a new direction.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
UNCITRAL and the future of ISDS – fix it or nix it?
Borderlex | 26-Apr-2018
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law has an opportunity this week to keep pace with the other developments around the world challenging ISDS by using bold and creative thinking.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
EU’s new trade deal with Mexico promotes CETA-style investors’ rights while ignoring human rights violations by multinationals
TNI | 25-Apr-2018
A key feature of the “modernisation” process is the inclusion of a controversial investment protection chapter with the same characteristics as the one recently included in the Canada-EU trade agreement.
keywords: corporate interests , EU , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Mexico
Acuerdo UE-México: fomento de inversiones que ignoran la violación sistemática de los derechos humanos por parte de las multinacionales
Revista Pueblos | 24-Apr-2018
Uno de los principales elementos de la modernización del TLC UE-México pasa por incorporar al texto un polémico capítulo relativo a la protección de las inversiones, que tendría las mismas características que el que se incluyó recientemente en el CETA.
keywords: corporate interests , EU , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Mexico