investor-state disputes | ISDS


TNCs reviving TPP Frankenstein
Corporate globalisation and Covid-19 should also have taught developing countries that they must reject FTAs strengthening IPRs, ISDS and TNCs in order to secure policy space to 'build back better'.
Antrix case: Devas moves US court to enforce The Hague arbitration award
The petition, filed by three investment firms related to Devas, argues that the award can be enforced in the US because India is a signatory to the New York Convention.
Investment protection in the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement
The EU-UK agreement contains limited protections for investors and no investor-state enforcement mechanism. Its dispute resolution mechanism is limited to a “WTO-like” state-to-state arbitration.
Will Pakistan lose New York's Roosevelt Hotel?
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement process has gone against developing countries for far too long.
China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal
Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.
Montero secures US$2.32 million funding for legal proceedings against the Government of Tanzania
Montero has completed a litigation funding agreement with Omni Bridgeway Canada Limited, an affiliate of the litigation funder.
New date for Reko Diq case at BVI court
The High Court of Justice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has postponed the hearing on the enforcement of the $6 billion award in the Reko Diq case until the 18th January.
The multinationals suing governments over their pandemic response
Law firms have been drawing investors’ attention to how they could pass their Covid-19-related losses onto states.
L’Echo: Italian businessman seizes Albania’s assets in Belgium
Italian businessmen Francesco Becchetti has stepped up his attempt to get the compensation awarded to him in international arbitration against Albania that he won, but that is under appeal.
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity
Sempra v Argentina: award annulled for manifest excess of powers in failure to apply BIT defence of necessity