Articles in English
Ulpiano | 7-Jan-2026
If the Venezuela experience is any indication, denouncing the ICSID Convention by itself will not provide much satisfaction.
Jacobin | 7-Jan-2026
Before Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro, corporations filed lawsuits against Venezuela seeking damages tied to state nationalization, international sanctions, and political instability. A Trump-installed government could tilt the courts in their favor.
Naked Capitalism | 7-Jan-2026
The US oilfield services company Halliburton quietly filed a suit against Venezuela at the World Bank’s international arbitration court, ICSID.
Trade Justice Movement | 22-Dec-2025
A group of 56 UK-affiliated academics has written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband MP, warning that Investor-State Dispute Settlement poses a serious risk to the UK’s ability to take effective climate action.
AFTINET | 17-Dec-2025
The tribunal in the first Clive Palmer ISDS case, which claimed $300 billion from the Australian government, has published its decision 10 weeks after it was announced by the government and more than a year after the original hearings.
CCPA | 15-Dec-2025
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has declined jurisdiction over a NAFTA legacy claim filed under CUSMA’s legacy annex by Access Business Group (Amway) against Mexico and ordered the claimant to pay $1.3M USD.
keywords:
agriculture | farmers | food ,
Canada ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
land ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA | USMCA
Latest twist in Chevron’s Amazon pollution saga: Ecuador ordered to pay the oil company $220 million
Inside Climate News | 12-Dec-2025
Indigenous and other Ecuadorians have lived with millions of gallons of toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, those victims’ tax dollars will go to Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001.
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The Express Tribune | 10-Dec-2025
UN prepares for key ISDS reforms, OIC countries strive for balance between investor protection and sovereignty.
Harici | 9-Dec-2025
In a case concluded in November 2023, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ordered Russia to pay $207.8 million in compensation, along with interest and arbitration costs, to Akhmetov’s company for the expropriation of its assets in Crimea.
keywords:
energy ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
militarism | terrorism | security ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
European Trade Justice Coalition | 9-Dec-2025
Economic sanctions against Russia are now being challenged by Russian oligarchs and companies in private tribunals using a mechanism written into investment treaties.
keywords:
EU ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
militarism | terrorism | security ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
