International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank)
23-Nov-2021
ICLG
On 1 September 2021, Angola’s National Assembly ratified the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID).
20-Oct-2021
New Straits Times
Sudan's government confiscated Petronas's assets on the grounds that they were acquired "through illegal means" during Omar al-Bashir's regime. Some argue that Sudan is turning on its allies "under the pretext of fighting corruption".
15-Oct-2021
The Malaysian Reserve
PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has led a request for arbitration at the International Centre for Settlement of Dispute in the absence of positive development on Sudan’s transitional government’s decision to confiscate the company’s assets in Khartoum, Sudan.
18-Aug-2021
Proactive
Pathfinder Minerals PLC has gained ground after some progress towards settling a dispute in Mozambique.
15-Aug-2021
Globe Newswire
Winshear Gold Corp. has filed a case at ICSID against Tanzania for the expropriation of the company's retention licenses, claiming the country has breached its obligations under the Tanzania-Canada BIT.
6-Aug-2021
The Globe and Mail
New evidence from a UN report and a high-profile investor arbitration case is casting a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in sophisticated smuggling networks that extract gold and coltan from Congolese conflict zones and funnel the strategically important minerals illicitly into global supply chains.
6-Aug-2021
Market Research Telecast
Ecuador is waiting for a response from Mexico to return to the negotiating table for a free trade agreement between the two that opens the long-awaited path to the Pacific Alliance.
15-Jul-2021
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) allow foreign capitalists to run roughshod over the rights of Ecuadorians.
12-Jul-2021
Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs initiated “anti-arbitration” proceedings before the German courts to “avert” two ECT-based ICSID arbitrations brought against it by the German energy companies RWE and Uniper.
29-Jun-2021
Reuters
An international arbitration panel ruled Costa Rica does not owe Canadian miner Infinito Gold compensation after the cancellation of a mining project a decade ago.