ISDS Case Map
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed.
New data reveal that lawsuits filed by corporations against Latin American and Caribbean countries are increasing, undermining government efforts to implement policies that could benefit the energy transition, human rights and the environment.
Singapore-based energy developer Sinolam International has filed for arbitration before a World Bank international court against Panama following the cancellation of its licence for a gas-fired power generation project.
Arbitration claims are costly to defend, politically sensitive, and, regardless of outcome, signal uncertainty to global investors.
The proceeds of the Private Placement will be principally used to support the Company’s application to annul the damages award issued on July 15, 2024 awarding no monetary compensation to the Company in its arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Colombia.
On 16 March 2026, Iceland deposited with the Energy Charter Secretariat, in its capacity as the Depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty on an interim basis.
Falcon Energy Materials, a UAE-based company, said it had initiated international arbitration proceedings against Guinea, alleging the “illegal expropriation” of its Lola graphite project.
South Korea has won an international arbitration case brought by Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler Holding AG, avoiding a potential payout of 320 billion won ($211.4 million) in damages, the justice ministry said.
The Canada-Indonesia trade deal’s “women-inclusive” label masks a neoliberal agenda that benefits Canadian corporations more than Indonesian women. It exploits feminist language to legitimize market expansion, while reinforcing structural inequalities—especially the burden of unpaid care work on women—and enabling corporate power through costly investor rights (ISDS). True gender justice requires systemic change, not just market inclusion.
Developing nations are compelled to adopt legal frameworks favoring multinational seed companies, often through trade agreements and regional protocols that serve imperialist interests and control over the economies of the Global South.
