ISDS case map: Services

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in free trade and investment deals grant services sector corporations the right to sue states in arbitration tribunals over public attempts to regulate privatised public and other services, or to lower utility rates for poorer populations. At the end of 2024, around two-thirds of all ISDS disputes concerned the services sector, including utilities, finance, insurance, telecommunications, transport and construction.

• Abaclat vs. Argentina : Vulture Funds

• Abengoa vs. Mexico : Toxic waste

• Achmea vs. Slovakia : The high price of affordable health insurance for everybody

• ADP International and Vinci Airports vs. Chile: Who pays the cost of Covid19?

• Aguas del Tunari vs. Bolivia : Water privatization fiascos

• Al-Kharafi vs. Libya : Failed tourism project

• Azurix vs. Argentina : Water supply failure

• CME & Lauder vs. Czech Republic : The unbearable costs of the unpredictable arbitration system

• CMS Gas vs. Argentina : Emergency stability measures

• Eureko vs. Poland : Insurance privatization

• Fraport vs. Philippines : Win or lose, citizens foot the bill

• Metalclad vs. Mexico : Toxic waste

• Próspera vs. Honduras : Corporate colonialism

• Razvoj Golf & Elitech vs. Croatia : Bypassing courts and local democracy to build a gated community for the rich

• RDC vs. Guatemala : Transportation

• Saluka vs. Czech Republic : Too-big-to-fail

• Veolia vs. Egypt : Minimum wage

• Vodafone vs. India : ISDS legitimates tax avoidance