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Pakistan engaged in talks to settle Reko Diq dispute: official
Dawn | 12-Nov-2020
Pakistan is actively engaged in negotiations with parties involved in a dispute over the $5.97 billion award against the country in the Reko Diq litigation.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Vattenfall wins case against German nuclear phaseout
DW | 12-Nov-2020
A lawsuit by Vattenfall is also still pending before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), concerning several billion euros for the permanent closure of Krümmel and Brunsbüttel.
keywords: energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Grupo Energía Bogotá y Trecsa presentaron arbitraje internacional contra Guatemala
Prensa Libre | 9-Nov-2020
Empresa de capital colombiano ganó en el 2009 la licitación del Plan de Expansión del Sistema de Transporte de Energía Eléctrica para construir y operar 866 kilómetros de red de transmisión.
keywords: Colombia , energy , Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Embargo a Guatemala de más de 15M$ en EE.UU. para cumplir laudo de Teco
CIAR Global | 6-Nov-2020
El Ministerio de Finanzas Públicas del Gobierno de Guatemala comunicó el embargo de 15,75 millones de US dólares en el marco del arbitraje con Teco Energy, por el que se condenó al país centroamericano al pago de 35,4 millones de dólares.
keywords: energy , Guatemala , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Egypt wins international arbitration against two Spanish companies demanding €236m compensation
Egypt Today | 6-Nov-2020
The ICSID has turned down a lawsuit filed by Spanish companies Cementos La Union and Aridos Jativa against the Egyptian State, demanding a compensation of more than €236 million.
keywords: Egypt , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Reko Diq Case: NAB unearths corruption to the tune of billions
Business Recorder | 5-Nov-2020
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan has collected irrefutable evidence revealing that billions of rupees have been lost to the national exchequer in the Reko Diq project after the bureau scrutinized its 30-year record.
keywords: Australia , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Nuevo arbitraje contra España por las renovables ante CIADI
CIAR Global | 4-Nov-2020
Cuando parecía que las demandas de arbitraje de inversiones viraban ante un nuevo camino abierto por el Real Decreto impulsado por el Gobierno español sobre la nueva retribución a las explotaciones de energía renovable, la compañía japonesa Mitsui & Co. ha presentado una solicitud de arbitraje ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI).
keywords: energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
CAN Europe policy briefing on the Energy Charter Treaty
Climate Action Network | 4-Nov-2020
The treaty is incompatible with the EU’s climate commitments and the current modernisation process will not fix this, as the necessary reforms are either opposed by other contracting parties or not being discussed.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Update on the future of ISDS: UNCITRAL working group III publishes draft working papers
Lexology | 4-Nov-2020
The working papers focus on an appellate mechanism and enforcement issues and the selection and appointment of ISDS tribunal members.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , UNCITRAL
Human rights in investment treaty disputes – what’s on the horizon?
JDsupra | 4-Nov-2020
Given the dynamic relationship between the protection of foreign investment and human rights, investors wishing to rely upon investment treaty provisions should fully integrate human rights considerations into their investment decisions and operations.
keywords: human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS