investor-state disputes | ISDS


United Group files claim against Serbia
Netherlands-based United Group claims that Serbia has violated several obligations related to incentives and mutual protection of investments between the two countries.
India firms up grounds for appeal in Cairn Award, to file appeal this week
India will be filing an appeal at The Hague this week against the $1.4-billion arbitration award against British oil firm Cairn Energy.
Cairn wants India to pay $1.4 bn, shareholders to seek enforcement
Cairn said its shareholders expect the use of the company's 'strong powers of enforcement' to recover 1.4 billion.
Indiana set to have US$95m Tanzanian claim heard
The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Dispute has advised Indiana Resources that the “Arbitral Panel” has now been formed with the first procedural hearing scheduled for the 22nd of April 2021.
Germany to pay nuclear operators 2.6 billion euros for plant closures
Vattenfall will get 1.606 billion euros and agreed to end pursuing a separate damages claim in the World Bank’s ICSID arbitration tribunal.
Legality of the Energy Charter Treaty questioned
In his opinion on March 3, the Advocate General shed some light on this question by arguing that ISDS in intra-EU disputes is indeed not allowed under EU law.
Trade agreements like NAFTA are a menace to democracy
Free-trade agreements enable companies to sue governments if they interfere with profit-making activities, no matter how destructive. These trade deals put us in an antidemocratic straitjacket — it's time we got rid of them.
International investment agreements and their implications for tax measures
Most international investment agreements do not exclude taxation from their scope, which means that a wide range of tax-related measures are covered by them.
Why a green reform of the Energy Charter Treaty is unlikely
It is highly questionable whether there will be a new or revised treaty in two years that will protect the climate instead of endangering it.
Canadian miner First Majestic wants to resolve its tax dispute with the SAT with international arbitration
Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp submitted a request for arbitration based on NAFTA, due to the tax debt and its differences with the Mexican government.