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The impact of ISDS on the environment
Brooke Guven (Colombia Center on Sustainable Investment) talks about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) at AFL-CIO conference on trade.
Approaches to international investment protection: divergent approaches between the TPPA and developing countries’ model investment treaties
A growing international community of policy makers and analysts that recognizes that major reforms in the investment treaty regime are needed.
Forum shopping in the execution of ICSID awards: is it time to revive the UN convention on state immunity?
By virtue of the ICSID Convention awards are automatically enforceable. But enforcement of an award is only half of the equation; award holders must also navigate the separate, but equally important, task of executing the award.
Mesa Power Group LLC v. Canada
The claimant in this case was Mesa Power Group LLC, a U.S. corporation that oversees and develops renewable energy projects, notably in the wind sector.
Churchill Mining says tribunal ruling expected in september
Churchill Mining PLC said it has been informed a ruling on its ongoing tribunal with Indonesia is expected in September.
Time for EU to hold corporations to account
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes a reference to the UN process to establish binding rules that would force multinational corporations to respect human rights laws, but calls on the EU to start actively supporting this UN process.
DOE seeks end to Shell arbitration case
The Philippine government seeks to resolve the international arbitration case with operators of the Malampaya gas platform led by Royal Dutch Shell plc.
ISDS - Corporate weapon against public policies worldwide
The 16 clips of this playlist were produced by members of the S2B network as part of the project "Making EU investment policy work for development".
Arbitration on the rise in Asian trade
There has been a rise in investment arbitrations arising out of investment agreements in Asia
Foreign investor protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership
This study examines the special privileges, enforced through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), which would be given to foreign investors under the TPP.