As the UK regains full responsibility for its trade and investment policy post-Brexit, it must seriously consider its approach to international investment protection.
The hegemon aspirants in international investment law have already, and perhaps unwittingly, revealed their three step manual: Disguise, dismiss, divert.
In recent years, mediation has been actively discussed for the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime, particularly as a means of reducing costs and delays.
Australia, with its many Bilateral Investment Treaties and FTAs, contributes to a system of treaty shopping by mining companies looking to sue governments over unfavourable decisions.
A mediados de agosto de 2020 Human Rights Defenders Inc. interpuso la primera demanda de arbitraje de inversiones que recibe Suiza en su historia ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
Iniciamos esta serie de cinco capítulos dedicada a los tribunales de arbitraje, pertenecientes al derecho internacional, y a las cláusulas ISDS que están presentes en los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión, en los Tratados de Libre Comercio y en los acuerdos de protección de inversiones entre países.
There are only two types of farmers that can be compensated for both land and improvements on farms. On of them is farmers whose land was protected by Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements.
While the termination agreement is in many ways the culmination of a process seeking to put an end to intra-EU investor-State dispute resolution, the story is far from over.
Le 22 juillet 2016, suite à une plainte internationale déposée par l’entreprise pétrolière Chevron-Texaco devant la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage, l’État équatorien est condamné à payer une amende d’un montant de 112,8 millions de dollars.