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México tendrá que pagar 37MUSD a Odyssey en arbitraje por mina de fósforo
CIAR Global | 18-Sep-2024
La compañía estadounidense Odyssey Marine Exploration ha informado del laudo en el arbitraje de inversiones iniciado en 2019 contra México en el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA
Odyssey Marine Exploration reports win in NAFTA arbitration case
Business Wire | 18-Sep-2024
The award orders Mexico to pay US$37.1 million for breaching its obligations under NAFTA, plus interest.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Clive Palmer’s $300bn claim ‘absurd’, says solicitor-general
The Australian | 17-Sep-2024
The solicitor-general has pilloried Clive Palmer’s $300bn legal claim against Australia as weak, absurd and demonstrably in­adequate.
keywords: Australia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
In Honduras, libertarians and legal claims threaten to bankrupt a nation
Inside Climate News | 17-Sep-2024
One of Latin America’s poorest countries faces a wave of claims from foreign investors seeking billions of dollars. Chief among them is an American company looking to build a semi-autonomous “startup city.”
keywords: CAFTA , Honduras , investor-state disputes | ISDS
How the international investment law regime undermines access to justice for investment-affected stakeholders
CCSI | 17-Sep-2024
From the perspective of investment-affected communities, foreign investments arise out of a partnership between the investor and the state. Impacted people are often not consulted or involved in project establishment or development.
keywords: indigenous peoples , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La cuantía concedida en los laudos ISDS se multiplica por 10 en 20 años
CIAR Global | 16-Sep-2024
El laudo medio en la década entre 1994 y 2003 se situó en 25 millones USD y se ha multiplicado por diez hasta 256 millones USD en la década entre 2014 y 2023. Los tribunales han concedido sumas superiores a los 100 millones en más de una cuarta parte de todos los casos ganados por inversores.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Nigeria should audit her Bilateral Investment Treaties –Owonikoko
New Telegraph | 16-Sep-2024
Why President Bola Tinubu should use diplomatic means to resolve the dispute, ANAYO EZUGWU brings the excerpts
keywords: China , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria
Inversiones mafiosas contra Honduras
ISDS América Latina - TNI | 14-Sep-2024
En 2023 y 2024 Honduras ha recibido el total de diecinueve demandas en el arbitraje internacional por parte de inversionistas extranjeros y nacionales. Solamente entre 2023 y 2024 (hasta agosto) recibió catorce demandas en el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias sobre Inversiones (CIADI), del Banco Mundial.
keywords: CAFTA , Honduras , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Canada faces $100-million forfeiture ‘test case’ as Russian airline sues over grounded plane
The Hill Times | 13-Sep-2024
In August 2023, Volga-Dnepr filed a motion of intent to initiate the dispute with Canada under a 1989 treaty that Ottawa penned with the then-Soviet Union, which included a investor-state dispute settlement system.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Russia
Serbia’s lithium gamble: Reviving Rio Tinto’s mine amidst protests and economic promises
TNI | 12-Sep-2024
In 2021, Rio Tinto filed a notice of dispute related to the government announcement to cancel the Lithium project in the Jadar Valley under the UK-Serbia bilateral investment agreement.
keywords: actions | resistance , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Serbia