from the movements


International investment law and ISDS: Overcoming legal barriers to effective climate action under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement
The urgent need to address climate change is hindered by legal barriers within international investment law, particularly through Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms.
This is what the ECJ said on trade in Western Sahara
WSRW has summarised the key findings of the landmark rulings on Western Sahara of the EU Court of Justice, of 4 October 2024.
EU-Mercosur deal: European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) to mobilize in November
ECVC farmers and civil society organisations from across Europe will mobilise in Brussels in the week commencing 11 November against the European Commission’s desperate attempts to approve the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Honduras against the corporate Goliath
An impoverished country resisting foreign investors’ claims.
Twenty years of bilaterals.org, twenty years of fighting FTAs
When bilaterals.org was set up back in 2004, the world looked rather different. What has changed?
ISDS in numbers – Impacts of investment arbitration lawsuits against states in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report presents a systematic overview of foreign investor lawsuits against countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) based on investment protection treaties up to 31 December 2023.
Third-party funder is the only winner in Odyssey Marine Exploration’s suit against Mexico
The country will likely have to pay over $30 million to an American litigation firm because it wanted to protect its environment from harmful seabed mining.
Labour unions express concerns about proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador
We are writing on behalf of Canadian unions that are deeply concerned about the current negotiations for a free trade agreement with Ecuador.
EU compensation fund looks to bribe European farmers to sign the EU-Mercosur agreement
The EU wants to set up a fund to compensate European farmers for the damage caused by the EU-Mercosur agreement, however this damage should never be allowed to happen in the first place!
ExxonMobil sues the Netherlands over gas field closure
The multinational disagrees with the decision that gas production in the Dutch province of Groningen will be shut down early.