ISDS Case Map
environment
The document says it can be very difficult to trade with some countries that do not necessarily support saving the environment but the government says ministers are not considering the advice.
While the tribunal has yet to make a decision about compensation to be paid, Eco Oro Minerals is claiming nearly $700 USD million.
A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.
Cortec v Republic of Kenya: Cautionary tale on local due diligence for international mining projects
These decisions have the potential to significantly impact companies with current and future mining and development licences where there are questions around environmentally sensitive areas.
What precedent might be set by the new Australia trade deal and what could it tell us about the future for UK environmental standards?
A US government watchdog found multiple problems with the construction, manufacture and design of the Keystone pipeline.
Shell didn’t say in its statement if it will withdraw the related arbitration claim.
A lawsuit filed against the Mexican government for denying a permit for seabed mining has put a spotlight on the lack of international rules for such practices.
Human rights experts are particularly concerned about the asymmetric nature of the system and a lack of investors’ human rights obligations. Together with high ISDS costs and arbitral awards, they undermine states’ ability to realise economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.
The UNESCO application and inscription are fundamentally at odds with Romania's obligations under its investment treaties in relation to Gabriel’s gold and silver project.
