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The Advocate General calls for additional requirements to be satisfied in order for an individual arbitration agreement in intra-EU investment arbitration to be compatible with EU law
Global Arbitration News | 19-May-2021
For the Advocate General , the award must be subject to a comprehensive review of the award in light of EU law and the arbitration agreement must not violate the principle of equal treatment.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Modèle de TBI du Canada (mai 2021)
Gouvernement du Canada | 14-May-2021
keywords: BITs (texts of) , Canada , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Canada BIT model (May 2021)
Government of Canada | 14-May-2021
keywords: BITs (texts of) , Canada , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Regaining sovereignty
Dawn | 26-Apr-2021
Pakistan, which entered into its first BIT with Germany in 1959 — which also was the first BIT ever entered — has concluded 53 BITs with 48 countries.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Pakistan
Higher Regional Court Frankfurt holds that Achmea-decision is transferable to arbitration clauses in other BITs
Global Arbitration News | 26-Apr-2021
The Higher Regional Court held that there was no room for reasonable doubt that the arbitration clause in the Croatia - Austria BIT was invalid based on the rulings in Achmea.
keywords: Austria , Croatia , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The real cause and the hard cure for the “regulatory chill” of international investment agreements
Lexology | 23-Apr-2021
The solution to the “regulatory chill” problem lies not in the cosmetic amendments to IIAs but in “supranational” legal regimes providing for full convergence of international investment law and human rights.
keywords: human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Indigenous peoples’ rights and large-scale development projects: Avoiding unexpected risks in the Americas
JDsupra | 22-Apr-2021
Indigenous populations often live in territories that are earmarked for construction projects, which may lead to inevitable friction with state governments and subsequently, developers and investors.
keywords: indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Draft convention on investments abroad (Abs-Shawcross draft convention)
International Arbitration | 20-Apr-2021
One of the most significant early proposals for a multilateral agreement to protect private foreign investment was launched in 1957 by groups of European business people, and lawyers.
keywords: BITs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
De la canonnière aux traités : Qui a écrit les règles de la mondialisation ?
Investment Monitor | 16-Apr-2021
De la colonisation aux règlements des différends entre investisseurs et États, les pays riches ont cherché à exploiter et à influencer leurs homologues plus pauvres pendant des siècles, mais comment la mondialisation sous sa forme actuelle est-elle apparue ?
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Reforma de derecho de la inversión desde cero: extractivismo, derechos humanos y tratados de inversión
IISD | 9-Apr-2021
Para muchas personas afectadas por la extracción de recursos, los tratados de inversión pueden proteger emprendimientos que pueden cambiar drásticamente sus vidas con poco margen para expresar sus opiniones u obtener reparación.
keywords: from the movements , human rights , indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , mining , natural resources