The latest
IIED | 18-Oct-2016
There is considerable room to rethink substantive norms and dispute settlement arrangements.
IOL | 18-Oct-2016
Cabinet’s endorsement of the draft International Arbitration Bill in April this year gave a welcome indication that South Africa would soon provide investors with one of the essential tools for operating in the modern global economy.
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investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform ,
South Africa ,
UNCITRAL
TNI | 17-Oct-2016
Los sistemas de protección de las inversiones en el TTIP y el CETA plantean una grave e innecesaria amenaza a la democracia y el interés público.
Stop TTIP | 17-Oct-2016
Over 100 law professors from across Europe have come together to send a clear message to EU decision makers demanding the investor protection mechanisms be excluded from TTIP and CETA.
KWM | 17-Oct-2016
The viability of the Filipino nickel industry is in a state of flux following President Rodrigo Duterte’s national audit of the country’s forty mines. Lawyers explore ISDS options.
Taylor & Francis | 17-Oct-2016
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
Institute for Policy Studies | 16-Oct-2016
Coalition of groups state “there are no winners," investor-state arbitration subverts democracy.
Le Devoir | 15-Oct-2016
Une poursuite de 300 millions de dollars intentée par l’entreprise minière Pacific Rim Mining Corporation contre le Salvador a été défaite par un arbitrage du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements
The Globe and Mail | 14-Oct-2016
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
EurActiv | 14-Oct-2016
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal.
