investor-state disputes | ISDS


World Bank tribunal rules against Canadian miner in legal dispute with Colombia
The World Bank’s ICSID ruled in favour of Colombia in a feud with Canada’s Montauk Metals after finding that the mining ban imposed by the Gustavo Petro administration on the Santurbán moor does not violate the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement signed in 2008.
The power of sunset clauses put to the test: Can intra-EU BITs be back from the dead?
There appears to remain a growing demand from investors for the creation of a new European investor-State dispute settlement regime, which would provide a permanent neutral forum for the adjudication of their intra-EU claims.
Deep-sea mining: dispute settlements under international investment law
In part three of our series about international deep-sea mining regulation, Louise Woods and Elena Guillet of Vinson & Elkins explore how international investment law could be applied to dispute resolution.
Ukrhydroenergo has initiated investment arbitration proceedings against the Russian federation
The company believes that initiating international arbitration process is the most promising way to compensate for the losses from the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP.
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet.
An international law framework for climate-aligned investment governance
International Investment and Trade Law should be reformed for climate-aligned investment governance.
New Sierra Club report: Trading away our climate exposes how trade pacts undermine climate action
Report urges elimination of ISDS Provisions, calls for stronger trade policies to protect climate.
Material information on arbitration decision
The tribunal awarded compensation to ICS Inspection and Control Services Limited for an amount of USD 159.7 million, being USD 9.7 million as principal award in addition to an amount of USD 150 million as interest on the awarded amount.
Historic victory: Council gives green light for EU withdrawal from climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty
The Council of the EU adopted a historic decision to withdraw the European Union from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international investment treaty from the 1990s increasingly used by the fossil fuel industry to sue governments over their climate and energy policies.
Mozambique: ETG threatens international arbitration as ‘pigeon pea saga’ drags on
African commodities house ETG has warned Mozambique that it will seek international arbitration in a dispute over the seizure of up to US$60 million’s worth of goods.