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Americas Gold and Silver busca la negociación y evitar arbitraje con México
CIAR Global | 26-Mar-2021
Las operaciones que mantiene la minera canadiense Americas Gold and Silver en Cosalá son foco de un conflicto que puede llevarla a arbitraje con el Gobierno de México.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining
México: suspenden indefinidamente Ley de la Industria Eléctrica
CIAR Global | 26-Mar-2021
El 19 de marzo, un juez mexicano suspendió de manera indefinida la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica impulsada por el Gobierno mexicano de Andrés Manuel López Obrador y que favorece a la compañía eléctrica estatal Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Most of BITs to be scrapped
Business Recorder | 25-Mar-2021
Pakistan has reportedly decided to scrap most of its existing Bilateral Investment Treaties as these pacts are shrinking the government’s policy space with respect to adopting measures of public interest.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan
Jacob Juma’s company loses Ksh300 billion to Kenyan govt
Kenyans | 24-Mar-2021
Kenya is set to receive Ksh300 billion after it won a case against Cortec Mining Kenya Ltd, associated with slain businessman Jacob Juma and Stirling Limited for revoking the mining license of niobium and rare earth minerals.
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kenya , mining , UK
Panthera Resources notes passing of new minerals bill in India, presses on with litigation in regard to Bhukia
Proactive | 24-Mar-2021
The company has appointed a leading international law firm to advise the company of its legal options, and in particular, the Australian Bilateral Investment Treaty.
keywords: Australia , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Ascent Resources starts arbitration process against Slovenia, claims over €100mn damages
Total Slovenia News | 24-Mar-2021
The British company pursues its investment treaty claim under the UK-Slovenia bilateral investment treaty and the Energy Charter Treaty.
keywords: ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Slovenia , UK
A new environmentalist playbook
The American Prospect | 24-Mar-2021
An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide.
keywords: actions | resistance , CAFTA , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , water
India files appeal against $1.4-bn Cairn arbitration award
Live Mint | 23-Mar-2021
India is believed to have challenged in a court in The Hague an arbitration tribunal verdict that overturned its demand for ₹10,247 crore in back taxes from Cairn Energy Plc — the second time in three months that it has refused to accept an international award against retrospective tax.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La victoria de Colombia en el ‘caso Electricaribe’ traza los límites de la inversión privada
El País | 23-Mar-2021
La decisión del tribunal internacional desestima los montos reclamados por ambas partes en un caso abierto en 2017.
keywords: Colombia , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Justicia paralela
TNI | 23-Mar-2021
¿Cómo el sistema de protección de inversiones pone en riesgo la independencia del Poder Judicial en América Latina?
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America