Más de 220 organizaciones y miembros de la sociedad civil solicitan a Teresa Ribera y al Gobierno de España que abandone el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía (TCE), un acuerdo de inversiones para el sector energético firmado en 1994 por el Estado español.
Arbitration cases due to COVID emergency measures would exacerbate the challenges that public budgets are already facing due to the need for stimulus measures and the difficulty in collecting government revenue.
Joining the Energy Charter Treaty could cost developing countries money that is urgently needed to fight Covid-19 and a loaming economic crisis. The Energy Charter Treaty has become increasingly controversial.
We call for a moratorium on investor-state arbitration cases and clarity of legal principles to ensure that governments have the policy space to protect their citizenry and combat the epidemic.
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation calling for comments on its initiative to improve the protection of intra-EU investment. This initiative could lead to the adoption of new rules enhancing investors’ rights vis-à-vis EU Member States and to the creation of new enforcement mechanisms for investors within the EU.
Une vague de plaintes de propriétaires et d’investisseurs étrangers menace de s’abattre sur les Etats, en raison de la fermeture de nombreux sites, commerces ou filiales, s’inquiètent des représentants des Nations unies.
Estudios jurídicos están alentando a las corporaciones a recurrir a tribunales internacionales para que los Estados se hagan cargo de los efectos negativos causados por la pandemia, invocando la afectación de “derechos” empresariales.