ISDS Case Map
ICSID
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank)
Members of the “Stop ISDS” campaign express our support for Colombian government’s announcement on March 26, 2026, regarding Colombia’s withdrawal from the investment arbitration regime to protect transnational investors.
Colombia's president has announced that the country will exit the International Investment Arbitration System (ISDS). This comes in the wake of an ongoing effort against ISDS and for the exit of countries in the Global South from these mechanisms.
President Gustavo Petro said that Colombia will pull out of investor protection treaties that allow foreign corporations to sue the State over perceived losses before international tribunals.
The dispute goes now to a World Bank body after the abrupt takeover of a gold-processing facility now reportedly controlled by Chinese companies.
Honduran and international civil society organizations that defend individual and collective human rights reject the new Honduran government’s decision to rejoin the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
The Kenyan government is facing international legal action over allegations it copied and used Swiss border technology without permission or compensation.
Travizory Border Security SA, a Swiss-based border security technology company, filed a treaty-based claim against the Republic of Kenya at the ICSID. The dispute relates to a border-crossing management agreement and is purportedly covered by BIT Switzerland - Kenya 2006 and ICSID Convention - Arbitration Rules.
Axis International Ltd has filed a $28.9 billion arbitration claim against Guinea at a World Bank tribunal after the West African country revoked its permit to operate a bauxite mine earlier this year, the United Arab Emirates-based company said.
This is an opportune moment for Guatemala review the commitments it has made in investment treaties and decide, weighing the costs and benefits, whether or not to remain in his system.
If the Venezuela experience is any indication, denouncing the ICSID Convention by itself will not provide much satisfaction.
