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Government concealed failure to cancel the old, worse version of ISDS in new Indonesia trade deal
AFTINET | 11-Apr-2019
Detailed scrutiny of the text of the recent Indonesia trade deal has revealed that there are no provisions to cancel the old 1993 Indonesia-Australia bilateral investment agreement.
keywords: Australia , Indonesia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
MTS files USD 1.5 bln claim against Turkmenistan govt with ICSID
Telecompaper | 11-Apr-2019
Russian and the CIS mobile operator MTS has announced that it has filed its statement of claim in the dispute with the state of Turkmenistan at the World Bank’s ICSID.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia , telecommunications , Turkmenistan
ICSID tribunal rejects EVN claims for further compensation from Bulgaria
SeeNews | 11-Apr-2019
EVN and Bulgaria reached an out-of-court settlement, under which part of the claims regarding the remuneration obligations for renewable energy were offset between a Bulgarian EVN subsidiary and the Bulgarian state-owned National Electricity Company.
keywords: Austria , Bulgaria , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Respuesta a minuta de DIRECON: Reparos sobre demandas al estado por extranjeros y protección de semillas en el marco del CPTPP
Chile Mejor sin TLC | 10-Apr-2019
Hemos señalado que la mayoría de los capítulos permite demandas contra Chile por otros Estados y todos ellos permiten demandas por parte de inversionistas. No es sólo el capítulo de inversiones.
keywords: Chile , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS
A confident opinion, a looming decision
CCPA | 10-Apr-2019
Many countries have become wary of the system and are restructuring or terminating their investment agreements. This is the ambience in which the Court of Justice will decide whether the CETA is compatible with EU law.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Les litiges entre Etat et entreprises doivent « ressortir des seuls tribunaux nationaux »
Le Monde | 10-Apr-2019
Seuls les Etats du pays dont dépend l’investisseur étranger devraient pouvoir saisir une justice spécialisée sur le sujet des investissements, si la loi nationale ou la décision des autorités publiques s’avère contraire à un accord international signé.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , sovereignty | democracy
We the people reject ISDS. So why are our governments trying to expand it?
Stop ISDS | 9-Apr-2019
A permanent Multilateral Investment Court pushed by the European Union could make ISDS worse by scaling it up.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
Corbella: Notley’s ’beating down’ of the oil patch should cost her the election
Calgary Herald | 9-Apr-2019
The Czech-based company Petrolama Namur Oil Sands Exploration filed a notice of dispute against Canada on March 29 over the delay in completing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
keywords: Canada , Czech Republic , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Ante próximo laudo de Glencore, en Colombia se advierte del riesgo del mal uso de los TLCs
CIAR Global | 8-Apr-2019
Ante la inminente emisión del laudo del arbitraje de inversiones Glencore-Colombia registrado en CIADI, la Contraloría General de Colombia ha hecho público un comunicado en el que habla de los riesgos del mal uso de los TLC a propósito de posibles demandas internacionales.
keywords: Colombia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Perú perderá US$ 2 mil millones por decreto de PPK
Expreso | 8-Apr-2019
César Gutiérrez advierte que con el DU 001 - 2017 también se favorecerá a Odebrecht y a Graña y Montero
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Peru