ISDS

Juggling crises

Topic: 
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
English
Programmes: 
Trade & Investment
Subtitle: 
Latin America's battle with COVID-19 hampered by investment arbitration cases
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Cecilia Olivet
Bettina Müller
Teaser: 

Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Guatemala are just some of the Latin American countries being hit by the investment protection regime in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign investors are threatening to bring claims before international arbitration tribunals due to the measures states are taking to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. Arbitrators are refusing to accept states’... Read more

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Haciendo malabares

Topic: 
Protección de inversiones
COVID-19
Spanish
Programmes: 
Comercio e Inversiones
Subtitle: 
América Latina entre la crisis de la pandemia y el arbitraje de inversiones
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Cecilia Olivet
Bettina Müller
Teaser: 

Perú, México, Argentina, Bolivia y Guatemala son solo algunos de los países de América Latina que están siendo impactados por el régimen de protección de inversiones en medio de la pandemia del Covid-19. Inversores extranjeros que amenazan con demandas ante tribunales de arbitraje internacionales por las medidas estatales tomadas para mitigar los efectos de la pandemia. Árbitros que se niegan a... Read more

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Cashing in on the pandemic

Topic: 
Investment protection
English
Programmes: 
Trade & Investment
Subtitle: 
How lawyers are preparing to sue states over COVID-19 response measures
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Pia Eberhardt
In collaboration with: 
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Teaser: 

As governments take action to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent economic collapse, big law firms are watching the virus too. Yet their concern is not to save lives or the economy. Instead the lawyers urge big business to challenge emergency measures in order to defend their profits. In a parallel corporate justice system called ISDS, states could face multi-million dollar lawsuits.

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Tribunales con alfombra roja

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Red Carpet Courts, ISDS, Trade, Free trad agreements, FTAs, Investment protection, Gabriel Resources vs Romania, Novartis vs Colombia, Razvoj Golf & Elitech vs Croatia, Kingsgate vs Thailand, Vermilion vs France, Border Timbers & von Pezold vs Zimbabwe, Copper Mesa vs Ecuador, ConocoPhillips and Perenco vs Vietnam, Rockhopper vs Italy, Eco Oro vs Colombia, Tribunales con alfombra roja,

Red Carpet Courts

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Mientras la comunidad internacional se reúne para examinar el ISDS, muchos temen reformas vacías

Topic: 
Inversiones justas
Inversión
English
Programmes: 
Comercio e Inversiones
Article type: 
Article
Authors: 
Alexander Beunder
Jilles Mast
Translators: 
Beatriz Martínez
Teaser: 

Del 1 al 5 de abril de 2019, representantes de unos 100 países se reunieron en Nueva York para hablar sobre el sistema de solución de controversias entre inversores y Estados (ISDS). El ISDS es un instrumento jurídico al que pueden recurrir las multinacionales para demandar a los Gobiernos y exigirles miles de millones de dólares. Observadores externos temen que las nuevas negociaciones se... Read more

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