En términos de arbitraje internacional, las demandas contra países de América Latina y el Caribe están disparadas y valen millones. Así lo revela el último informe del Transnational Institute. Desde 1996, Colombia registra 19 demandas.
Many free trade and investment agreements allow multinational corporations to undermine democracy via a secret pseudo-court system known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
As India and the UK inch closer towards finalising a free trade agreement, the contours of the much-debated and contentious bilateral investment treaty are likely to be finalised around the same time as the FTA.
The experience with investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms has been mixed, with India facing several adverse awards and financial compensation in certain high-profile cases.
La procédure d’arbitrage engagée par l’entreprise énergétique allemande RWE contre l’État néerlandais sur la base du traité sur la charte de l’énergie est irrecevable au regard du droit de l’Union européenne.
Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) plane that was seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania has been released, says the government.
If India’s approach and engagement with international investment agreements can be distinguished into phases, with the new agreements being negotiated and concluded, India is poised to enter a new phase.