investor-state disputes | ISDS

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer obtains ICSID victory for Republic of Costa Rica in Spanish investor’s emissions control dispute

1-Feb-2017 Public Now

The dispute arose out of a concession contract for the mandatory safety inspection and emissions control of motor vehicles.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples

1-Feb-2017 OHCHR

The report provides an analysis of the impacts of international investment agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples.

"In Chinese investment treaties, questions arise on who qualifies for protection"

1-Feb-2017 Lexology

Despite recent criticism from some quarters concerning the use of investment treaties and free trade agreements, the Chinese investment treaty system remains firmly in place.

Bye-bye BITs? Poland reviews its investment policy

31-Jan-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog

Poland is clearly sceptical regarding investment protection granted by BITs containing an ISDS system in a current form.

Churchill mulls response over tribunal costs

31-Jan-2017 Stock Market Wire

Churchill Mining continues to see whether there are grounds to seek a revision of annulment of costs awarded against the company.

Theresa May’s Brexit plan will leave Britain subject to secret global trade courts

31-Jan-2017 Buzzfeed

Experts say that to agree trade deals outside the EU, the UK will have to sign up to an “unaccountable” legal system that can force states to overturn laws corporations don’t like.