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ISDS reform
2025 in review: ISDS reforms in review
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 27-Feb-2026
2025 advanced the Working Group’s investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”) reform agenda mainly by reviewing draft provisions.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
From COP30 to COP31: Opportunities to advance global ISDS reform
E3G | 19-Feb-2026
Fossil fuel investors are increasingly using ISDS to challenge climate mitigation measures and seek significant compensation. This legal risk can delay climate ambition and drain public finances needed for the transition.
keywords: climate , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Institutional innovation in investment treaties: The India-EFTA TEPA model and alternative frameworks for dispute prevention
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 28-Jan-2026
TEPA addresses fundamental conflicts of emerging market investment structures. The agreement will enable India to escape the ISDS 2015 liability trap, balancing defensive provisions with a pro-investor focus.
keywords: EFTA , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Kyrgyzstan introduces new multi-tier dispute settlement mechanism in Investment Law 2025
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 16-Jan-2026
This approach is unlikely to achieve the intended effect on ISDS clauses in Kyrgyzstan’s BITs unless these clauses are explicitly contingent upon domestic law.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Kyrgyzstan
The sound and fury of Venezuela’s ICSID denunciation
Ulpiano | 7-Jan-2026
If the Venezuela experience is any indication, denouncing the ICSID Convention by itself will not provide much satisfaction.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Venezuela
OIC nations’ need for fairer investor-state dispute reforms
The Express Tribune | 10-Dec-2025
UN prepares for key ISDS reforms, OIC countries strive for balance between investor protection and sovereignty.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , OIC , UNCITRAL
Reassessing consent in counterclaims: rebalancing investment protection and public interest under the UNCITRAL ISDS reform
EJIL: Talk! | 28-Nov-2025
One of the most notable proposals identifies an investor’s initiation of arbitration as implied consent to a tribunal’s jurisdiction over counterclaims.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
Argentina in the maze of international arbitration: a record number of arbitration claims and new concessions for investors
ISDS impacts | 20-Nov-2025
For over 20 years, Argentina had the world’s highest number of investor claims before international arbitration tribunals. It also has the highest number of bilateral investment treaties in force in Latin America and the Caribbean.
keywords: Argentina , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
The constitutional shield: how Colombia’s judiciary shapes investment treaties through joint interpretation
South Centre | 12-Nov-2025
This policy brief examines an innovative judicial approach by the Colombian Constitutional Court in response to an increase in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
OIC member states move to modernize investment agreement
Zawya | 28-Oct-2025
Held the first meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , OIC