human rights
Transnational Institute | 7-May-2026
The ASEAN-Canada FTA is one of the agreements currently being negotiated that includes an investment protection chapter with an ISDS mechanism. This briefing note summarizes the October 2025 webinar, “Unpacking the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (external link) ”, which examined the impact of ISDS and highlighted Canadian mining practices through emblematic ISDS cases.
CIEL | 3-Oct-2025
Fossil fuel companies alone have launched over 300 ISDS cases, seeking over $80 billion in damages for climate-related policies aimed at phasing out oil, gas, and coal.
The Hill Times | 22-Jul-2025
Human rights, not corporate rights, should drive international trade relations under this new government.
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) | 15-Jul-2025
From July 14 to 16, the following meeting will be held in Honduras: Without Human Rights, There Is No Energy Sovereignty: A meeting of communities affected by energy projects in southern Honduras, a country facing an avalanche of international arbitration claims in secretive corporate courts, more than a third of which come from the renewable energy sector.
TerraJusta | 14-Jul-2025
Del 14 al 16 de julio se realiza en Honduras el Encuentro: Sin derechos humanos, no hay soberanía energética: Encuentro de comunidades afectadas por proyectos energéticos en el sur de Honduras, país que se enfrenta a una avalancha de demandas de arbitraje internacional en tribunales corporativos secretos, de las cuales más de un tercio provienen del sector de las energías renovables.
bilaterals.org | 7-Jul-2025
Kelompok masyarakat sipil dari 15 negara anggota RCEP, menyerukan kepada pemerintah untuk tidak memasukkan ISDS dalam RCEP
bilaterals.org | 7-Jul-2025
Civil society organisations from the 15 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), call upon RCEP governments to continue to exclude Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the RCEP.
Common Frontiers | 11-Jun-2025
El gobierno canadiense no debería implementar el acuerdo de libre comercio recientemente firmado con Ecuador debido a su potencial de facilitar abusos ambientales y de los derechos humanos.
CCPA | 11-Jun-2025
Le gouvernement canadien ne devrait pas mettre en œuvre l’accord de libre-échange récemment signé avec l’Équateur, car cet accord risque de faciliter les atteintes à l’environnement et aux droits humains.
CCPA | 11-Jun-2025
The Canadian government should not implement the recently-signed free trade agreement with Ecuador because the agreement’s potential to facilitate environmental and human rights abuses.