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Sentences et Decisions
(English) Venezuela to Pay Us$1 Billion For Expropriating Canadian Mining Company’s Investment
ICSID Tribunal dismisses MFN Clause in WTO GATS as a means of importing Senegal’s consent to arbitration from third party BIT
PCA tribunal deemed acts of Polish Agricultural Property Agency not attributable to Poland
Claimant not considered Investor due to interpretation of “Seat” under Cyprus–Montenegro BIT
Ecuador’s Levy on extraordinary oil profits at a 99% rate has breached Murphy’s legitimate expectations, decides PCA tribunal
Ecuador ordered by PCA tribunal to pay $24 million to Canadian Mining Company
Ecuador’s levy on extraordinary oil profits at a 99% rate has breached Murphy’s legitimate expectations, decides PCA tribunal
(English) Murphy Exploration & Production Company – International v. Republic of Ecuador, PCA Case No. 2012-16 (formerly AA 434) – Inaê Siqueira de Oliveira
Le Centre de règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements de l’UNASUR : Commentaires sur le projet de texte de l’Accord constitutif
L’établissement futur du Centre pourrait générer un certain scepticisme, compte tenu que son fonctionnement pourrait saper les normes internationales favorables aux arrangements régionaux, ce qui pourrait donner lieu à une plus grande instabilité dans la région. Toutefois, d’un autre point de vue, la création du Centre pourrait renforcer la légitimité et la popularité des mécanismes de règlement des différends investisseur-État entre les pays membres de l’UNASUR, du fait de la mise en œuvre des innovations de fonds et de procédure, contenues dans la version la plus récente de l’AC que nous avons analysé. Quelles sont les nouveautés en matière de procédure et de fond contenues dans le projet d’accord constitutif?
Awards and Decisions
Restructuration corporative et abus de droits : un tribunal de la CPA considère que les recours de Philip Morris contre l’Australie portant sur la loi sur l’emballage neutre sont irrecevables
Un tribunal du CIRDI accepte l’objection du Panama fondée sur l’abus de procédure ; Transglobal condamné à payer les coûts de l’arbitrage et la majorité des frais juridiques du Panama
Transglobal Green Energy, LLC et Transglobal Green Panama, S.A. c. la République du Panama (Affaire CIRDI n° ARB/13/28)
Le Venezuela est condamné à verser 1,202 milliards USD plus intérêts à l’entreprise minière canadienne Crystallex pour violation du TJE et expropriation
Crystallex International Corporation c. la République bolivarienne du Venezuela, Affaire CIRDI n° ARB(AF)/11/2
Awards and Decisions
(English) ICSID Tribunal Awards Damages for Venezuela’s Indirect Expropriation of Steel Industry Investment
The first ICSID case against Guinea is dismissed for lack of Jurisdiction
Slovenia is condemned to pay 20 million euros in damagesand US$10 million in costs to Croatian National Electric Company
The only known investment treaty arbitration against Equatorial Guinea fails on jurisdictional grounds
ICSID tribunal orders Zimbabwe to return expropriated farms
La Slovénie est condamnée à payer 20 millions d’euros de dommages-intérêts et 10 millions USD de frais à l’entreprise nationale croate d’électricité
Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. c. la République de Slovénie, Affaire CIRDI n° ARB/05/24
Nouvelles en Bref
L’accord de Partenariat transpacifique a été signé à Auckland ; un expert indépendant des Nations Unies appelle les États à sauvegarder leur marge de manœuvre réglementaire Le 4 février 2016, les […]
Un pas de plus vers l’ouverture du centre d’arbitrage de l’UNASUR
Le 19 janvier 2016, les experts de l’Union des nations sud-américaines (UNASUR) se sont réunis à Montevideo, en Uruguay, pour finaliser les accords portant sur le centre régional envisagé pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements.
Awards and Decisions
Un tribunal du CIRDI rejette un recours final pour indemnisation relatif à la résiliation par la Hongrie d’un accord d’achat d’électricité Electrabel S.A. c. la République de Hongrie, Affaire CIRDI […]
Un tribunal du CIRDI se déclare incompétent dans une affaire contre la Macédoine, et ordonne à l’investisseur de rembourser au pays 80 % de ses frais juridiques
Guardian Fiduciary Trust Ltd, f/k/a Capital Conservator Savings & Loan Ltd c. l’ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine, Affaire CIRDI n° ARB/12/31
L’économie verte a-t-elle besoin du règlement des différends investisseur-État ?
Ceux qui soutiennent que l’environnement nécessite «plus de protection de l’investissement» recommandent une solution à très long terme (d’efficacité discutable) à ce qui est essentiellement un problème à court terme.
Lancement des négociations d’un traité contraignant relatif aux entreprises et aux droits humains
Ressources and Evenements
Ressources publiées entre juillet et octobre 2015; événements entre novembre 2015 et janvier 2016
ITN trimestriel août 2015
L’Accord brésilien de coopération et de facilitation de l’investissement (ACFI) : un nouveau modèle pour les accords internationaux d’investissement ?
L’investissement dans les terres arables et les droits d’accès à l’eau en Afrique : les régimes juridiques convergent autour de la terre et de l’eau
De nouvelles idées pour valoriser les travailleurs des États-Unis et d’Europe dans le PTCI
ITN Quarterly May 2015
PDF – English (1.83 MB) – Français (1.73 MB) – Español (1.79 MB) In this issue: The Merits and Limitations of General Exception Clauses in Contemporary Investment Treaty Practice Rethinking Investment-Related Dispute Settlement Experts at UNCTAD Meeting Give Shape to […]
Repenser le règlement des différends en matière d’investissement
Concept encore méconnu du grand public et même des décideurs politiques haut placés il y a tout juste un an, le règlement des différends investisseur-État (RDIE) fait maintenant la une […]
La sanction antitrust de la Chine assène une amende de 975 millions USD à Qualcomm : Quels enseignements les autres pays hôtes peuvent-ils tirer de cette histoire ?
Sentences et Decisions
Selon un tribunal de la CNUDCI, l’évaluation environnementale du Canada viole la norme minimale de traitement et le traitement national William Ralph Clayton, William Richard Clayton, Douglas Clayton, Daniel Clayton […]
Le Venezuela est condamné à payer pour l’expropriation abusive de l’investissement d’Owens-Illinois
OI European Group B.V. c. la République bolivarienne du Venezuela, Affaire CIRDI n° ARB/11/25
Awards and Decisions
Although finding largely in favour of Venezuela, ICSID tribunal awards US$1.4 billion to Exxon-Mobil for 2007 expropriations Venezuela Holdings, B.V., Mobil Cerro Negro Holding, Ltd., Mobil Venezolana de Petroleos Holdings, […]
Everyone’s Doing It: The Acceptance, Effectiveness and Legality of Performance Requirements
UNCTAD Multi-Stakeholder Meeting Seeks Reform of Investment Treaties and Investment Dispute Settlement
More than 50 high-level representatives from governments, including ministers, as well as senior business representatives, international and civil society organizations convened in Geneva, Switzerland on October 16, 2014, to address […]
Yukos v. Russia: Issues and legal reasoning behind US$50 billion awards
Opening the Door to Foreign Investment? An Analysis of Bolivia’s New Investment Promotion Law
On April 4, 2014, Bolivian President Evo Morales promulgated a law establishing the general legal and institutional framework to promote domestic and foreign investment in Bolivia, while contributing to socio-economic development. This note provides an overview and analysis of the main features of Bolivia’s new law, within the context of the country’s investment law and policy, and international trends.
Proposed Changes to the Investment Dispute-Resolution System: A South American Perspective
Resources and Events
The Quest for Commodities: Chinese Investment in Farmland
China is often singled out as one of the big ‘land grabbers’, although it strongly refutes these claims. We set out to verify whether reports about Chinese investments were accurate or not.
Arbitrators’ Role in the Recent Investment Arbitration Boom
Venezuela’s Withdrawal From ICSID: What it Does and Does Not Achieve
In January 2012, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced the ICSID Convention,[1] becoming the third country – after Bolivia and Ecuador – to do so. The exit from the global […]
UNASUR Arbitration Centre: The Present Situation and the Principal Characteristics of Ecuador’s Proposal
The Netherlands: A Gateway to ‘Treaty Shopping’ for Investment Protection
Foreign investment contracts in the oil & gas sector: A survey of environmentally relevant clauses
Reforming United States trade and investment treaties for financial stability: The case of capital controls
This short essay discusses new evidence in the economics profession showing that capital controls are important macro-prudential measures that nations should have in their toolkit to prevent and mitigate financial crises. More importantly for this publication, it will be shown that United States trade and investment treaties do not reflect the emerging consensus on capital controls. There is a unique opportunity to rectify this problem as the United States finalizes its new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and moves forward on negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) with numerous Pacific Rim nations. Moreover, an opportunity for reform lies in the pending Congressional votes on Bush-era trade deals such as those with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama.
A global thirst: How water is driving the new wave of foreign investment in farmland
It is no longer a secret that there is a new wave of foreign investment in farmland, predominantly in Africa. An explosion of media reports and a series of studies by the World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have confirmed the scale and consequences of this new influx of foreign investment. The World Bank report, by far the most comprehensive, found that reported deals amounted to 45 million hectares in 2009 alone.
Consortium building new Quito Airport takes Ecuador to ICSID
Ecuador continues exit from ICSID
By Fernando Carbrera Diaz 8 June 2009 Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa announced on May 30 that his country would be denouncing the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), […]
Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Lead to More Foreign Investment?
By Damon Vis-Dunbar and Henrique Suzy Nikiema 30 April 2009 The global network of over 2600 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) has been built on the basis of promoting foreign direct […]
Tribunal rebuffs defense of necessity in recently published award: National Grid p.l.c. v. Argentine Republic
By Elizabeth Whitsitt 2 March 2009 In a recently published award, a tribunal convened pursuant to a request for arbitration under the arbitration rules of the United Nations Commission on […]
Merits of investor-state arbitration debated at international arbitration seminar hosted by Ecuador’s Attorney General
ITN Newsletter December 2008
ITN December 2008 In this issue: Investment Arbitration in Brazil: Yes or No?; Indian lawyer pursues claim against the United Kingdom under the India-UK BIT; Guatemala’s objection to jurisdiction dismissed […]
Indian lawyer pursues claim against the United Kingdom under the India-UK BIT
By Damon Vis-Dunbar 28 November 2008 An English court case reveals that an Indian citizen is quietly pursuing an investment-treaty claim against the United Kingdom under the India-UK bilateral investment […]
Analysis: Latin America’s new model bilateral investment treaties
ITN April 2005
ITN April 27, 2005 In this issue: Brazilian government’s decision on ratification of BITs looming; IISD to launch model investment agreement in London; Key US Senators want US-Russia BIT ratified […]
ITN June 2004
ITN June 21, 2004 In this issue: World Bank management responds to external review of WB role in extractives sector; OECD working paper looks at relationships between Investment Agreements; UN […]
ITN September 2003
ITN September 26, 2003 In this issue: Iraq’s New Investment Law Opens Most of Economy to Foreign Investment; Report on Canada’s NAFTA Chapter 11 consultations available; Bechtel and GE mount […]
ITN June 2003
ITN June 1, 2003 In this issue: Brazil Remains Wary of International Investment Rules; « Publish What You Pay » Campaign Receives Shot in the Arm; India-based Research Organization Releases Paper on WTO […]