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Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) refers to a way of handling conflicts under international investment agreements whereby companies from one party are allowed to sue the government of another party. This means they can file a complaint and seek compensation for damages. Many BITs and investment chapters of FTAs allow for this if the investor’s expectation of a profit has been negatively affected by some action that the host government took, such as changing a policy. The dispute is normally handled not in a public court but through a private abritration panel. The usual venues where these proceedings take place are the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank), the International Chamber of Commerce, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law or the International Court of Justice.

ISDS is a hot topic right now because it is being challenged very strongly by concerned citizens in the context of the EU-US TTIP negotiations, the TransPacific Partnership talks and the CETA deal between Canada and the EU.

Churchill updates on ICSID arbitration
Stock Market Wire | 29-Jun-2017
Churchill Mining has confirmed that the stay on enforcement of the East Kutai Coal Project Award will continue pending a decision on the Annulment Application.
keywords: Indonesia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Six years after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests in Peru
Radio Mundo Real | 28-Jun-2017
Criminal charges pending against 18 community leaders and a billion-dollar court case at ICSID.
keywords: actions | resistance , audio , Bolivia , Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Peru , water
Affaire Ioukos : le Kremlin remporte une nouvelle manche
Les Echos | 28-Jun-2017
Paris lève une saisie opérée par les anciens actionnaires du groupe pétrolier. Et s’en remet à la Cour de justice européenne sur le fond du dossier.
keywords: ECT , energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Les Accords de coopération et de facilitation de l’investissement (ACFI) du Brésil et les faits nouveaux
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Le Brésil n’a jamais approuvé un traité bilatéral d’investissement, ni signé la Convention du CIRDI. Malgré cela le pays a continué de recevoir d’importants flux d’investissement étranger direct.
keywords: Brazil , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Brazil’s Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements (CFIA) and recent developments
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI
keywords: Brazil , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
L’élargissement de la Charte de l’Énergie à l’Afrique et à l’Asie : défaire la réforme du droit international de l’investissement ?
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Le Secrétariat de la Charte de l’Énergie est en « mode expansion », et souhaite obtenir l’accès aux ressources énergétiques d’Afrique et d’Asie pour ces membres actuels – principalement des pays développés.
keywords: Africa , Asia , ECT , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Paris court confirms invalidation of seizing Russian space agency accounts in Yukos case
TASS | 28-Jun-2017
Yukos, once Russia’s largest oil major, was accused of tax crimes and declared a bankrupt by a Russian court ruling in 2006 while its assets were sold at auctions during the liquidation procedure.
keywords: ECT , energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
World Bank unit starts Malampaya arbitration
Manila Standard | 27-Jun-2017
The ICSID designated the team that will hear Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.’s arbitration case against the Philippine government on Malampaya gas project’s corporate income tax issue.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Philippines
A guide to international investment agreements
Mondaq | 26-Jun-2017
Over the past twenty years, International Investment Agreements have become an increasingly popular and valuable tool for investors to manage their foreign investment risk.
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Japan
Leaked trade papers expose EU failure to uphold transparency and environment standards
Greenpeace | 26-Jun-2017
A leak of documents related to a looming trade deal with Japan (known as JEFTA) has revealed the EU’s failure to live up to improve transparency and uphold environmental standards in trade policy promises.
keywords: environment , EU , fisheries | fisherfolk , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Japan