Lawyer Monthly | 18-Oct-2021
Air Canada was awarded $20,790,574 million as repatriation, an amount to which it was entitled after set off against sums that were also owed to Venezuela.
OHCHR | 15-Oct-2021
UN experts today called on States to ensure that international investment agreements do not provide a “safe harbour” for investors to abuse the human rights of individuals and communities.
Lexology | 15-Oct-2021
Investor–state arbitration has grown over the years to become one of the most dynamic and controversial features of international investment law.
The Malaysian Reserve | 15-Oct-2021
PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has led a request for arbitration at the International Centre for Settlement of Dispute in the absence of positive development on Sudan’s transitional government’s decision to confiscate the company’s assets in Khartoum, Sudan.
La Jornada | 13-Oct-2021
Además de la sustitución de la OEA, es urgente abordar dentro de la Celac el problema que es el Centro Internacional de Arreglos de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones del Banco Mundial (Ciadi), dado que países de América Latina y el Caribe son los más demandados en este organismo, por miles de millones de dólares por corporaciones trasnacionales a escala mundial, especialmente por industrias extractivas.
AFTINET | 13-Oct-2021
While the tribunal has yet to make a decision about compensation to be paid, Eco Oro Minerals is claiming nearly $700 USD million.
The Monitor | 13-Oct-2021
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.
CIAR Global | 13-Oct-2021
La República Dominicana ha obtenido una decisión favorable en el arbitraje presentado por la empresa española Recalvi S.L. relacionado con un contrato para el arrendamiento de autobuses que no fue ejecutado con la Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (OMSA).
The Guardian | 11-Oct-2021
In pursuit of growth in Africa, British American Tobacco and others use intimidatory tactics to attempt to suppress health warnings and regulation, including accusing governments of breaching trade agreements.
Collectif Stop Tafta | 11-Oct-2021
Jusqu’à quand la France, et l’UE, vont-elles accepter de rester membre d’un Traité qui sape les politiques de transition énergétiques ?