investment | BITs
CCSI | 3-Nov-2022
A wholly new international investment regime designed with climate and other global goals in mind could be used as a tool to accelerate the investments needed to address the climate crisis.
Taylor & Francis Online | 20-Oct-2022
Why do governments include ISDS in investment treaties despite scant evidence of its economic benefits and clearer info about its costs?
The Guardian | 12-Oct-2022
Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on bilateral investment treaties.
The Express Tribune | 11-Oct-2022
Pakistani government decides to avoid future investment treaties and cancels agreements posing legal risks.
TNI | 3-Oct-2022
This report sheds light on Nigeria’s investment protection regime and its consequences for one of Africa’s biggest countries.
UNCTAD | 7-Sep-2022
Reforms are essential to ensure investment treaties and associated investor-state disputes don’t hinder countries’ efforts to tackle climate change.
Columbia | 6-Sep-2022
Existing international investment agreements providing for investor–state dispute settlement fail to advance climate goals and can effectively hinder states’ climate action.
JDSupra | 22-Jul-2022
The model BIT aims to balance two objectives: the attraction of foreign direct investment to African states and the promotion of sustainable development.
IISD | 6-Jul-2022
Experts took particular concern with the fact that most investment treaties do not oblige arbitrators to take into account international agreements on climate change when adjudicating cases.
IISD | 6-Jul-2022
Les experts se sont dit particulièrement préoccupés par le fait que la plupart des traités d’investissement ne contraignent pas les arbitres à tenir compte des accords internationaux sur le changement climatique.