investor-state disputes | ISDS


Active negotiations on with over dozen countries for finalising BIT: Official
India is actively negotiating bilateral investment treaties with over a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Oman, European Union, Switzerland, Russia, and Australia, a government official said.
Civil society groups say there is now even more reason to keep ISDS out of the RCEP
Civil society organisations from the 15 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), call upon RCEP governments to continue to exclude Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the RCEP.
Croatia loses dispute, must pay 17,5 million euros to Societe Generale
Croatia has lost the multi-year arbitration dispute that the French bank Societe Generale was leading against it before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington.
Lupaka wins ICSID dispute against Peru over gold project
The dispute arose under the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Peru and concerned Lupaka’s investment in the Invicta gold project, located in the Andean highlands of Peru.
The Republic of Armenia is put on notice of investment dispute for its actions against Samvel Karapetyan and Electrical Networks of Armenia
Samvel Karapetyan, a prominent businessman and a founder of Tashir Group, one of the largest group of companies in Eastern Europe, together with his family, sent a notice of investment dispute to the state officials of the Republic of Armenia.
Aftershock in Groningen
How Shell and ExxonMobil use arbitration to offload the costs of closing the Netherlands’ largest gas field.
Bahrain ratifies Bilateral Investment Treaty with UAE
Key features include the exclusion of concessions for natural resources from its protection remit, the inclusion of sovereign wealth funds as "Investors" and a denial of benefits clause.
Russia, Myanmar sign agreement on promotion, mutual protection of investments
Russia and Myanmar have concluded an agreement on the promotion and mutual protection of investments.
Franco Nevada releases Cobre Panama arbitration update
Following an engagement with the government of Panama’s legal counsel, Franco Nevada said it has agreed to suspend its arbitration proceeding.
A closer look at the India-Uzbekistan BIT 2024: Key provisions and implications
The treaty is a prime illustration of India's post-2016 BIT policy in action and follows India's Model BIT closely.