ISDS Case Map
from the movements
The European ISDS Scorecard ranks 30 European countries across 10 indicators that capture the scale of each country's treaty network, its policy direction, and the real-world use and financial impact of ISDS by its investors.
From 24-29 April 2026, Colombia and the Netherlands are co-hosting the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta. The goal is urgent and widely shared: to accelerate a just and orderly phase-out of coal, oil and gas.
The EU-Indonesia CEPA and IPA aimed to enhance trade and investment while promoting "sustainable" palm oil. However, reduced tariffs on forest-risk commodities and lack of community safeguards highlight the urgent need for strict enforcement of EU due diligence regulations to protect forests and local communities.
Current discussions around fossil fuel phase-out create a key opportunity to make progress on addressing this barrier. Civil society organisations are calling on European governments to explore and act on collectively disengaging from ISDS.
The general framework of the agreement is to remove tariffs and minimise regulation for business, with exceptions intended to preserve government rights to regulate in key areas.
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.
Arguably, the most significant outcome from the World Trade Organization’s “reform” ministerial conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon in March 2026 was the adoption by a sub-group of 66 Members of a plurilateral agreement on electronic commerce.
The 2026 NTE Report makes it clear that the Trump administration’s primary motivation behind its trade policy is to protect the profits of big US companies.
While energy bills spiral, public money could soon flow to an overseas fossil fuel company. Because a government dared to block a climate-wrecking coal mine.
