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Examining trade disputes in AfCFTA agreement: The need to engage private sector in Nigeria
Vanguard News Nigeria | 2-Sep-2021
AfCFTA roundtable brought together business leaders, academia, government representatives, trade, and legal experts to discuss and deliberate on dispute issues in implementing the agreement in Nigeria.
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria
AfAA launches African arbitration tool
ICLG | 12-Mar-2021
The African Arbitration Association (AfAA) has launched an online tool that provides an overview of arbitration legislation and international arbitrators in Africa.
keywords: Africa , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Por qué los países africanos no deben ratificar el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía
No a los TCI | 15-Jul-2020
El Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía (TCE) es un tratado multilateral para la protección de las inversiones en el sector energético.
keywords: Africa , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Investor-state dispute settlement in Africa and the AfCFTA Investment Protocol
Tralac | 8-Jul-2020
With the growing concern over the traditional ISDS system, it is highly unlikely that the AfCFTA will include an ISDS mechanism giving investors access to go to international arbitration under conventional international tribunals.
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , COMESA , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , SADC
PAW2020: The future of ISDS in Africa
African Law Blog | 8-Jul-2020
African states need to take a unified and proactive approach to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), in order to make a system that is fairer to Africa and more consistent.
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Africa should resist acceding to the Energy Charter Treaty
Daily Monitor | 11-Jun-2020
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.
keywords: Africa , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Africa must not let disputes with foreign investors undermine its Covid-19 response
Business Day | 7-May-2020
There is an imminent threat of claims arising from emergency measures, so countries should review how investor-state disputes are handled.
keywords: Africa , covid , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Despite controversy, the Energy Charter Treaty is silently being pushed into Africa
Euractiv | 21-Apr-2020
Joining the Energy Charter Treaty could cost developing countries money that is urgently needed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis.
keywords: Africa , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Une insidieuse expansion
CEO | 15-Apr-2020
Le traité d’investissement le plus perfide au monde est-il en train de prendre les pays du sud en otage ?
keywords: Africa , Asia , ECT , energy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America
Silent expansion
CEO | 15-Apr-2020
Many countries, particularly in the global south, are in the process of joining the Energy Charter Treaty despite the sweeping powers it grants to foreign investors.
keywords: Africa , Asia , audio , ECT , energy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America