Articles in English
The East African | 9-Dec-2019
Civil society groups are now calling on governments to reform their investor state dispute settlement because “it is being unfairly used by investors to sue states for millions of dollars.”
GTM | 5-Dec-2019
Spain has offered an olive branch in its long-running legal battle with renewables developers. But the fight isn’t over yet.
Daily Monitor | 5-Dec-2019
Most Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are not just used by investors to inform their investment decisions, but are increasingly becoming tools used to sue States in a foreign or international court.
New Indian Express | 2-Dec-2019
Reports claimed that foreign investors threatened to drag Andhra Pradesh to international arbitration for ‘cancelling’ renewable power purchase agreements.
IISD | 27-Nov-2019
An ICSID tribunal ordered Spain to pay two Dutch investors EUR 290.6 million in compensation for its breach of the FET standard under ECT
Project Syndicate | 27-Nov-2019
Thanks to the World Bank’s flawed and corrupt investment arbitration process, the rich are making a fortune at the expense of poor countries.
Reuters | 27-Nov-2019
The government will offer subsidies which will allow investors that abandon litigation to maintain their current profitability rate of 7.39% until 2031.
IISD | 26-Nov-2019
An ICSID tribunal held that Spain violated Fair and Equitable Treatment under the Energy Charter Treaty.
IISD | 19-Nov-2019
In investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS), ironies do occasionally occur. Sometimes they’re bitter. Sometimes they’re carbon-intensive. Sometimes they’re radioactive.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 19-Nov-2019
Global investment governance needs to be redesigned for the 21st century, with people and the planet at the core.
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