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Civil society groups sound alarm over COVID-19 claims in ’corporate courts’
Civil society groups sound alarm over COVID-19 claims in ’corporate courts’ | 5-Jul-2020
Countries could be facing a wave of cases from transnational corporations suing governments over actions taken to respond to the Covid pandemic using a system known as investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS. Some 630 organisations from across the world, representing hundreds of millions of people, are calling on governments in an open letter to urgently take action to shut down this threat.
keywords: actions | resistance , covid , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
«Veinticinco años de TLC son demasiados»
Rebelión | 3-Jul-2020
Entrevista a Luciana Ghiotto, investigadora del Conicet y docente de la Unsam.
keywords: corporate interests , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America
Los países que son serios en cuanto al cambio climático deben abandonar el Tratado de la Carta de Energía (TCE), dice una ex-funcionaria del TCE
bilaterals.org | 3-Jul-2020
Entrevista con Yamina Saheb que fue la Jefa de la Unidad de Eficiencia Energética en el Secretariado del Tratado de la Carta de Energía entre 2018 y 2019.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Countries serious about climate change should leave the Energy Charter Treaty, says former ECT official
bilaterals.org | 3-Jul-2020
Interview with Yamina Saheb, former head of unit in the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat .
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Les pays prenant le changement climatique au sérieux devraient quitter le Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie, selon une ancienne responsable du TCE
bilaterals.org | 3-Jul-2020
Interview de Yamina Saheb, ancienne responsable de l’unité efficacité énergétique au secrétariat du Traité de la Charte de l’énergie entre 2018 et 2019.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Prairie Mining secures litigation funding to sue Poland
ShareCast | 2-Jul-2020
The claims had arisen out of certain measures taken by Poland, allegedly in breach of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Australia-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty.
keywords: Australia , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Poland
First annulment of investment arbitration award by Supreme Court
International Law Office | 2-Jul-2020
In a recently published decision, the Supreme Court – for the first time – partially annulled an arbitral award issued in an investment arbitration brought by Clorox España SL against Venezuela.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain , Switzerland , Venezuela
Why do states consent to arbitration in national investment laws?
IISD | 1-Jul-2020
Of the 65 states that have received investment law advice from World Bank’s FIAS, 30 subsequently included arbitration in their law.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
¿Por qué los Estados brindan Consentimiento al Arbitraje en sus Leyes Nacionales de Inversión?
IISD | 1-Jul-2020
De los 65 Estados que han recibido asesoramiento del sector del Banco Mundial llamado FIAS sobre legislación en materia de inversiones, 30 posteriormente han incluido el arbitraje en su legislación.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Morocco’s new model BIT: Innovative features and policy considerations
IISD | 1-Jul-2020
In the face of the increasing number of claims brought by investors against host states on the basis of BITs and the exorbitant amounts awarded to investors, Morocco has undertaken a review of its model BIT using a flexible and rational approach.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Morocco