Articles in English
IANS | 5-Mar-2024
The purported foreign investors were seeking approximately $100 million in damages claiming that the government had amended the legal framework for ethanol production in the country in breach of Panama’s international law obligations.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Panama
Canada’s National Observer | 5-Mar-2024
A proposed Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement could put corporate interests above citizens’ rights, say several concerned organizations.
Friends of the Earth Europe | 4-Mar-2024
Today marks a significant turning point as the Belgian EU Presidency brokered a deal with the European Commission and member states on the withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
ABC | 4-Mar-2024
An Amsterdam court has rejected Russia’s final argument in a years-long legal battle over a $50 billion arbitration award.
ICSID | 1-Mar-2024
On February 24, 2024, the World Bank received a written notice of denunciation of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention) from the Republic of Honduras.
Global Justice Now | 27-Feb-2024
On 22 February 2024 the UK announced it will leave the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
climate ,
ECT ,
energy ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
sovereignty | democracy ,
UK
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | 23-Feb-2024
Mozambique faces a substantial economic risk due to its exposure to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims by foreign investors in its coal, oil, and gas sectors. The investment protections in the country’s international investment agreements and contracts, combined with ISDS, expose Mozambique to multi-billion-dollar financial liabilities.
keywords:
energy ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mozambique ,
natural resources
Global Trade Review | 21-Feb-2024
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system could be putting climate action at risk in emerging and developing economies as investors in fossil fuel projects angle for compensation, experts say.
Yahoo Finance | 21-Feb-2024
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is seeking $20 billion from Panama in a free trade arbitration case after the Central American nation shut down the company’s flagship copper mine late last year.
Bloomberg | 19-Feb-2024
British lawmakers said the benefits of the UK’s accession to a major trans-Pacific trading bloc are unclear
