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Oil giant MOL initiates arbitration process against Croatian state

Hungary Today | 24-Jun-2024

MOL has filed a new arbitration case with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against the Croatian state.

keywords: Croatia , energy , Hungary , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Chinese investor seizes Nigerian govt properties in UK

Leadership | 24-Jun-2024

Two Nigerian properties located in the United Kingdom are on the verge of being taken over by a Chinese investor following an order granting the investor the right to enforce a $70 million investment treaty award against Nigeria.

keywords: China , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria , services

The India-EFTA deal: A model for developing countries

South Centre | 21-Jun-2024

Governments are shifting from investor-state dispute mechanisms to treaties that encourage and ease investment.

keywords: EFTA , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform

How investment treaties undermine the voices of local communities

Erasmus Magazine | 20-Jun-2024

Dispute settlements in international investment law protect the rights of companies. However, they suppress the voice of local communities, as Stephanie Triefus found in her PhD research.

keywords: environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania , sovereignty | democracy

Romania wins EUR 330 mln ICSID arbitration lawsuit filed by owners of bankrupt insurer Astra

Romania-Insider | 17-Jun-2024

Romania won the litigation case filed by the owner of the bankrupt insurer Astra Asigurari, Dutch-based Nova Group Investments controlled by the Adamescu family, according to a note published by the Romanian Ministry of Finance.

keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania , services

Intra-EU awards are still valid and enforceable outside the EU

Lexology | 14-Jun-2024

Two recent decisions by the Swiss Federal Tribunal and the US Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit confirmed that international law does not offer arguments to contest either arbitral jurisdiction or the validity of arbitral awards in intra-EU investment cases.

keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

The international system that pits foreign investors against indigenous communities

Inside Climate News | 12-Jun-2024

Investor-state dispute settlement allows foreign investors to sue governments for billions. A new report highlights this international legal system harms Indigenous Latin Americans.

keywords: environment , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America

Almaden to pursue international arbitration against Mexico; moves to drop Mexican lawsuits

Almaden Minerals Ltd. | 12-Jun-2024

Almaden Minerals Ltd. has taken the decision to submit its claims to arbitration against the United Mexican States under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

keywords: Canada , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining