ISDS reform
Friends of the Earth Europe | 18-Feb-2016
The European Commission has proposed a new ’Investment Court System’ to replace the current investor to state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other future investment deals.
Les Amis de la Terre | 18-Feb-2016
La Commission européenne a soumis une nouvelle proposition de « système juridictionnel des investissements ». Nous avons identifié 10 problèmes majeurs qui illustrent combien les droits des investisseurs étrangers continuent d’être privilégiés.
Embassy | 17-Feb-2016
Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.
S2B | 15-Feb-2016
Rebranded as ICS, rights for corporations to sue states refuse to die.
IISD | 15-Feb-2016
Bolivia’s experience has shown that attracting foreign investment does not by itself generate the expected development for host states and that, rather, it consists in a mechanism for financing and transferring resources from the South to the North.
IISD | 15-Feb-2016
The UNGPs set out a three-pillar framework: the state duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and access to remedy for victims of business-related abuses.
Business Today | 11-Feb-2016
The revised model text for bilateral investment treaties has addressed many concerns, but to avoid litigations, India must renegotiate existing treaties on the basis of the new norms.
DRB | 3-Feb-2016
The German Magistrates Association rejects the proposal of the European Commission to establish an investment court within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Lexology | 21-Jan-2016
India’s new model BIT text follows the trend of divergent approaches to investment treaty-making by focusing on a more defensive-minded strategy than in its prior treaties.
Tele Sur | 21-Jan-2016
Experts from UNASUR met in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in order to finalize and sign agreements regarding the proposed center for investigation of international settlement dispute cases.
