ISDS Case Map
militarism | terrorism | security
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
This article summarises the legal protections which may be available to investors in times of armed conflict under investment treaty arbitration.
Britain is seeking to join the trans-Pacific trade pact known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which removes 95% of tariffs between its 11 members.
India Australia leadership dialogue is taking place as India Australia relations have shifted gears and moved into a higher orbit.
A recent ICSID tribunal found a developing state liable for breaching the full protection and security obligation due to its inability to protect a foreign investment against terrorist attacks in a remote deserted area.
ISDS is an unsuitable forum for the just resolution of investment disputes founded on the consequences of armed conflict.
Unsatisfyingly, ISDS permits international investment law to exist in a vacuum that enables those tasked with adjudicating disputes to turn a blind eye to international humanitarian law norms.
Joe Biden's government is analyzing the possibility of launching "strong measures" against Managua at the invitation of external armies, especially "one that has invaded another country," says a US official.
Russia's top lender Sberbank initiated investment arbitration proceedings against Ukraine after its parliament approved a presidential decree allowing for the forced seizure of Sberbank-owned assets in the country.
Tensions between Morocco and Algeria have risen lately, and there is now a heightened risk of armed conflict arising and the escalation is rooted in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara.
