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Almaden retira demandas en México y presentará arbitraje en CIADI
CIAR Global | 18-Jun-2024
La compañía canadiense Almaden Minerals ha anunciado que recurrirá a arbitraje contra México en virtud del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico (CPTPP). La minera, junto a Almadex Minerals, reclamará 200 millones USD.
keywords: CPTPP , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Estado panameño enfrenta dos demandas de arbitraje, una de Sacyr y otra de WeBuild por ampliación del Canal
Prensa | 18-Jun-2024
Los casos son atendidos por el Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas en representación del Estado, pero el Canal indica que está a la disposición para presentar la información técnica que se requiera pues de cinco demandas que han recibido cuatro hay fallado con laudos a favor de la ACP.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Panama
Romania wins EUR 330 mln ICSID arbitration lawsuit filed by owners of bankrupt insurer Astra
Romania-Insider | 17-Jun-2024
Romania won the litigation case filed by the owner of the bankrupt insurer Astra Asigurari, Dutch-based Nova Group Investments controlled by the Adamescu family, according to a note published by the Romanian Ministry of Finance.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania , services
Intra-EU awards are still valid and enforceable outside the EU
Lexology | 14-Jun-2024
Two recent decisions by the Swiss Federal Tribunal and the US Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit confirmed that international law does not offer arguments to contest either arbitral jurisdiction or the validity of arbitral awards in intra-EU investment cases.
keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The international system that pits foreign investors against indigenous communities
Inside Climate News | 12-Jun-2024
Investor-state dispute settlement allows foreign investors to sue governments for billions. A new report highlights this international legal system harms Indigenous Latin Americans.
keywords: environment , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America
Almaden to pursue international arbitration against Mexico; moves to drop Mexican lawsuits
Almaden Minerals Ltd. | 12-Jun-2024
Almaden Minerals Ltd. has taken the decision to submit its claims to arbitration against the United Mexican States under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
keywords: Canada , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining
Environnement: un mécanisme juridique peu connu profite aux sociétés de combustibles fossiles
RFI | 11-Jun-2024
Près de 114 milliards de dollars, c’est la somme totale que des tribunaux d’arbitrage ont fait payer par des États à des entreprises privées à ce jour.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The corporate colonization of Latin America
Public Citizen | 11-Jun-2024
How Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) harms indigenous communities.
keywords: indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Biden should end the fossil fuel industry’s secret weapon
Counter Punch | 11-Jun-2024
There is an obscure mechanism by which fossil fuel companies maintain their global domination even as their products are destroying our futures.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
ISDS courts have helped fossil fuel firms rake in $80 billion in public money
Common Dreams | 11-Jun-2024
"ISDS is the secret weapon for fossil fuel companies against climate laws," said one advocate.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS