Foreign Investment

Indonesia’s alternative approach to ISDS

Topic: 
Investment protection
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ (English)
Programmes: 
Trade & Investment
Just Solutions
Article type: 
Multi-media
In collaboration with: 
Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B)
Body: 

ISDS is a mechanism engraved in (bilateral) investment treaties or an investment chapter of trade agreements which allows multinational corporations to sue governments in ad hoc tribunals. It is an extrajudicial system with special privileges and rights just for one class: Foreign investors, giving them more power relatively to citizens and governments.

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No need for ISDS

Topic: 
Investment protection
TTIP
CETA
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ (English)
Programmes: 
Trade & Investment
Article type: 
Multi-media
In collaboration with: 
Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B)
Body: 

ISDS is a mechanism engraved in (bilateral) investment treaties or an investment chapter of trade agreements which allows multinational corporations to sue governments in ad hoc tribunals. It is an extrajudicial system with special privileges and rights just for one class: Foreign investors, giving them more power relatively to citizens and governments.

ဆက္စပ္အေၾကာင္းအရာ: 
Profiting from injustice
Lawyers subverting the public interest

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