ISDS Case Map
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Zimbabwe will return 67 farms, which were seized during the country’s land reform programme and are protected under investment agreements, to European nationals from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The dispute arose from a major mixed‑use redevelopment project in Shandong province. Hela Schwarz alleged that the People’s Republic of China had unlawfully expropriated land use rights
An international tribunal dismissed Amway’s request for $3 billion in damages after the Mexican government in 2022 seized a 692-acre organic farm owned by the multi-level marketing company and gave it to communal landowners.
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has declined jurisdiction over a NAFTA legacy claim filed under CUSMA’s legacy annex by Access Business Group (Amway) against Mexico and ordered the claimant to pay $1.3M USD.
On November 5, 2025, the Canadian government tabled a Notice of Intent to enter into free trade negotiations with the Philippines.
Given that the AfCFTA could lead to a rise in demand for African land from agricultural and other investors, and that climate policies are increasingly looking to land projects to “capture” carbon, the risks for local communities whose livelihoods rely on land will be great.
Using the 2015 arbitral award in von Pezold v. Zimbabwe as its starting point, this piece reflects on the relationship between racial capitalism and international law.
Belgium and the Port Authority for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges have been ordered by an international tribunal to pay substantial compensation to DP World in a long-running dispute over the assignment of land.
A London court has ordered Zimbabwe to pay US$125 million to two timber firms whose land was seized by the government, rejecting its claim of state immunity in a case that tests the enforcement of international arbitration awards.
Novel clauses would fall short of confronting the more fundamental questions raised by trade agreements that promote large-scale monoculture at the expense of nature and local farming systems.
