ISDS Case Map
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By acknowledging the procedural and substantive weaknesses of ISDS, this article will touch upon proposals for reform.
American capital brought high rates of chronic disease to Mexico which has led to a surging COVID-19 death toll.
People around the world need to be aware of precedents in recent trade agreements and ensure that they also work for access to medicines for their own citizens.
Tensions are likely to surface between the public-policy directions of governments managing a challenging economic climate and foreign investors' private interests.
With state measures in response to COVID-19 being compounded by an already difficult economic environment for investors, they may have little choice but to challenge those measures.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments globally are engaging in a difficult balancing act of protecting public health, mitigating economic damage and avoiding interference with private rights.
Latin America's battle with COVID-19 hampered by investment arbitration cases.
Recent jurisdictional decisions suggest that sovereign debt will be subject to bilateral investment treaties for the foreseeable future.
Predatory international law firms are encouraging multimillion-dollar investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits citing Covid-19 containment, relief and recovery measures.
COVID-19 can increase liability for countries under international investment treaties. Developing countries face imminent challenges under such treaties.
