BITs, ISDS, ICSID, SCC, Uncitral, ICS, Investment Arbitration, ICC, FTAs, TTIP, BIPAs, Investor to State arbitration,
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Exit ICSID retweeted
The CS FfD Mechanism is calling for a UN agreement on the termination of #ISDS if you want to learn more about how ISDS work: its neocolonial origins, the major profiteers, and where the resistance is coming from check out the Global ISDS Tracker: globalisdstracker.org #FfD4
Exit ICSID retweeted
#Honduras is the 2nd poorest country in Latin America and is facing multi-million dollar claims in arbitration #ICSID #ISDS presneted by investors that have mostly arrived in the country after several institutional irregularities.
@TNInstitute
tni.org/en/article/honduras-…
Exit ICSID retweeted
$GBU watch your shares go DOWN. Gabriel Resources lost the arbitration and the pople of Rosia Montana have won! Power to the people! #rosiamontana #isds
Exit ICSID retweeted
🚨 Attention policymakers attending #COP29! Int’l investment law & #ISDS mechanisms pose barriers to effective climate action. Learn how we can empower governments to act decisively against climate change without fear of legal repercussions. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/40Dm8Gg @ciel_tweets
Exit ICSID retweeted
The urgent need to address #ClimateChange is hindered by #ISDS
▶️New @ciel_tweets brief argues that #ISDS acts as subsidies for fossil fuel industries, conflicting with the Paris Agreement’s aim to align financial flows with low emissions pathways
bilaterals.org/?internationa…
Exit ICSID retweeted
AI in Europe: safe, trustworthy, and human-centric.
We are inviting feedback to prepare new guidelines that will help define AI systems and practices that break the 🇪🇺 AI Act – the world's first comprehensive rules on artificial intelligence.
#EUHaveYourSay here ↓
Exit ICSID retweeted
Was a bit surprised to hear certain statements by Dutch Senators in the @EersteKamer today about #ISDS and #CETA
here a Scientific review of the question how ISDS was used and by whom
In my view a must read before any vote on ratifying CETA
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku…
#FactCheck
Exit ICSID retweeted
After multiple years following the #ISDS reform process at #UNCITRAL, @taylor__stjohn and I have put together a website that brings together our blogs and articles on the process, along with related publications and presentations.
isdsreform.com/
Canada is one of the countries that historically is one of the most notorious for harbour "investors" that file #ISDS cases.
Something parliaments in the EU concerned about #CETA should be aware of
investmentpolicy.unctad.org/…
On Tuesday the #Netherlands intend [still to be confirmed] to agree to the marginally modified #ISDS mechanism of #CETA
Sadly instead of looking what actually is on the table, discussion in senate seems to be dominated by Dutch party politics
eerstekamer.nl/plenaire_verg…
#stopISDS
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Exit ICSID retweeted
A powerful argument that countries - including Canada - cannot meet their climate goals while supporting ISDS corporate rights in trade agreements! - David Suzuki Foundation davidsuzuki.org/expert-artic…
Exit ICSID retweeted
While #CETA in Art.8.10(5) clarifies that ”the full protection and security (FPS) clause” exclusively relates to physical protection is good, it still means that arbitrators might have to read “full” as to go beyond the normal national practise (1/2)
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The so called “FPS clause” is just another example why the frequent claim that “#ISDS has been fixed in #CETA” is misinformed.
Here EU & Canada could have learned a lot from the text developed by member states of The Southern African Development Community #SADC
#stopISDS
As a consequence ”full protection and security (FPS) clause” of #CETA e.g. gives access to foreign investors for compensation against the state for damages caused by vandalism while a national investor in the same situation would not
Below how SADC model fixes this problem
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Exit ICSID retweeted
Investment Report @UNCTAD is out! Policies chapter incl.:
-- new-generation megaregional #IIAs
-- large-scale termination of #BITs
-- greater policy attention to #climate & #health
-- war in #Ukraine and potential #ISDS
-- global #tax reform & IIAs
more: unctad.org/system/files/offi…
Exit ICSID retweeted
Here the loophole that was introduced so that #CETA committees later can re-expand the definition of “Fair and Equitable Treatment” once parliaments have ratified
Art 8.10.(2)(f) & Art 8.10.(3)
for full CETA text on #ISDS see:
trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/do…
#stopCETA #StemCETAweg
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Croatia lost an #ISDS arbitration against Hungary’s MOL over gas business
▶️ The country will have to pay $184 million
bilaterals.org/?croatia-lose…
Exit ICSID retweeted
Thank you @IGJ2012for this very inspiring webinar on the ongoing negotiations of the trade & investment agreement between #EU & #Indonesia (#CEPA)
Attached the slide with the dangerous new article I mentioned the EU wants to include in the investment protection part
#stopISDS
Here the link to the artikel on the leaks about the EU internal discussion how and when to #ExitECT
investigate-europe.eu/en/202…
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