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Australian mining firm trumps Poland in arbitration
iclg | 9-Oct-2024
Invoking the Australia-Poland bilateral investment treaty, together with the Energy Charter Treaty, Green X has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars over a thwarted mining project.
keywords: Australia , ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Poland
Scrap the UK-Colombia investment treaty: how corporate courts let UK companies undermine human rights and the environment
Global Justice Now | 9-Oct-2024
In October 2024, the Colombia-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty reaches the end of its initial ten-year term. The UK and Colombian governments now have the opportunity to work together to terminate the treaty.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
The surge in ISDS damages paid to global corporations, mostly by poor countries
AFTINET | 8-Oct-2024
A UNCTAD note has highlighted the significant growth in damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement. The average award size grew tenfold in the past three decades.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS
Des Autochtones de l’Équateur en tournée au Canada pour «défendre leurs territoires»
Le Devoir | 7-Oct-2024
Depuis une semaine, différentes communautés autochtones de l’Équateur ont parcouru ensemble le Canada pour partager leurs inquiétudes face à l’accord de libre-échange en cours de négociations entre leur pays et le Canada.
keywords: Canada , Ecuador , environment , human rights , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , women
India, UAE investment promotion, protection treaty comes into effect from August 31: Finance ministry
The Hindu | 7-Oct-2024
Enforcement of this pact with the UAE gives continuity of investment protection to investors of both the countries.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UAE
Zenith Energy réclame 503 millions$ à l’Etat tunisien dans le cadre d’un arbitrage
African Manager | 4-Oct-2024
La compagnie pétrolière Zenith Energy est engagée dans un arbitrage international contre l’Etat tunisien, réclamant 503 millions de dollars de dommages et intérêts.
keywords: energy , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Tunisia , UK
Update on arbitrations against the Republic of Tunisia
Euronext | 4-Oct-2024
The investors have determined a revised amount of US$503 million as the total claimed amount of the ICSID Arbitration
keywords: energy , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Tunisia , UK
‘Mafia investments against Honduras’. New report exposes corporate demands after coup d’état
bilaterals.org | 3-Oct-2024
A new report, ’Mafia investments against Honduras’, examines the worrying situation in which the Central American country finds itself in the face of claims brought by transnational corporations before international arbitration tribunals.
keywords: Honduras , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
"Investissements mafieux contre le Honduras". Un nouveau rapport expose les exigences des entreprises après le coup d’État
bilaterals.org | 3-Oct-2024
Le récent rapport "Investissements mafieux contre le Honduras" traite de la situation préoccupante dans laquelle se trouve le pays d’Amérique centrale face aux procès intentés par des sociétés transnationales devant des tribunaux d’arbitrage internationaux.
keywords: Honduras , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Ecuadorian rights defenders
TIRP | 2-Oct-2024
Women leaders engaged in dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against trade talks aimed at expanding and attracting Canadian investment in resource extraction projects in ecologically vulnerable regions.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , Ecuador , environment , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , women