investment | BITs
South Centre | 19-Feb-2018
Inconsistencies and even contradictions have emerged in dispute settlement decisions, sometimes at the expense of public good, sovereignty and financial and economic stability.
HispanTV | 19-Feb-2018
La maquinaria neocolonial y neoliberal avanza en Ecuador bajo el discurso de la apertura comercial y la reactivación económica.
S2B | 16-Feb-2018
The undersigned organisations take the position that it is advisable to break away from the fundamentally flawed and increasingly controversial ISDS system.
TNI | 16-Feb-2018
We call on the EU and Indonesia to use the CEPA negotiations to design an investment chapter that prioritises equitable and sustainable development.
Politheor | 15-Feb-2018
Why are countries so gripped in their quest for economic growth that they are empowering multinational corporations at the expense of their citizens?
CCSI | 12-Feb-2018
Evidence suggests that the inclusion of ISDS in investment treaties may not actually be effective, or optimally effective, while at the same time, ISDS imposes significant costs on the sustainable development objectives of states.
SSRN | 8-Feb-2018
These reports describe foreign investor rights following a narrative of wealth maximisation by transnational corporations (TNCs), and focus on a TNC-assisted restructuring of host states and local communities.
IIED | 1-Feb-2018
Where PPP projects turn sour, governments could be exposed to arbitration claims under applicable investment treaties.
Lexology | 30-Jan-2018
Recent declarations made by members of the newly elected government of Ecuador reveal a reversal of its predecessor’s decision to denounce and withdrawal from the ICSID Convention, as well as all of Ecuador’s bilateral investment treaties
Express Tribune | 22-Jan-2018
The TCC tribunal failure did not reflect an internal failure on the part of Pakistan’s state apparatus as much as it did the hegemonic nature of the global BIT regime that developing countries have been subjected to by the West.