La presidenta de la Comisión para la Auditoría de los Tratados de Inversiones celebra la decisión de Ecuador de terminar los tratados... Read more
International Investment Agreements
Comisión de Auditoría emitirá informe mientras que Ecuador da pasos para retirarse de los Tratados de inversión
La Comisión para la Auditoría Integral Ciudadana de los Tratados de Protección Recíproca de Inversiones y del Sistema de Arbitraje en Materia de Inversiones (CAITISA) fue creada por el gobierno ecuatoriano en octubre de 2013. La comisión estuvo integrada por 12 personas, entre las cuales se encuentran funcionarios gubernamentales y personas del mundo académico, del derecho y de grupos de la... Read more
Auditing Commission to release report as Ecuador moves to terminate investment agreements
The Ecuadorian Citizens’ Commission for a Comprehensive Audit of Investment Protection Treaties and of the International Arbitration System on Investments (CAITISA) was established by the Ecuadorian government in October 2013. The 12-person commission was made up of government officials, academics, lawyers and civil society groups, including the foremost expert on investment law, Muthucumaras... Read more
Investment arbitrators' inner circle
The report 'Profiting from Injustice' exposes how a small club of international law firms, arbitrators and financial speculators are fuelling an investment arbitration boom that is costing taxpayers billions of dollars and preventing legislation in the public interest.... Read more
Putting a spotlight on the arbitration industry
“There is little use in going to law with the devil while the court is held in hell.” These words from an unlikely source - Humphrey O'Sullivan, a 19th Century Irish schoolmaster - became a widely used argument by multinational companies in the last decade as they justified the construction of an international arbitration system to decide on state-investor disputes. Agreeing with... Read more
Descubre el lado oscuro del régimen de inversiones
El firmar tratados internacionales de inversión, con la esperanza de atraer inversiones extranjeras, ha sido durante décadas una de las estrategias clave de los gobiernos que buscan mejorar el desarrollo económico. El lado menos conocido de esta historia es que, al firmar tratados de inversión, los gobiernos están entregando el derecho soberano de regular en el interés de las personas y el... Read more
Discover the dark side of Investment
Signing international investment treaties, in the hope of attracting foreign investment, has been a central strategy for governments looking to improve economic development. The lesser known side of this story is that by signing investment treaties, governments are giving away the sovereign right to regulate in the interest of people and the environment and have exposed themselves to expensive... Read more