{"id":8264,"date":"2020-12-19T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/itn\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:31:33","slug":"itn-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2020\/12\/19\/itn-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"ITN December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PDF \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/system\/files\/2020-12\/iisd-itn-december-2020-english.pdf\">English<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/system\/files\/2020-12\/iisd-itn-decembre-2020-francais.pdf\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/system\/files\/2020-12\/iisd-itn-diciembre-2020-espanol.pdf\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB)<\/p>\n<h2>Insights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Reconciling the rights of multinational companies under IIAs with the tort liability caused by their subsidiaries, by Pablo Agust\u00edn Escobar Ullauri<\/li>\n<li>The return of investment screening as a policy tool, by Jonathan Bonnitcha<\/li>\n<li>Are interpretative declarations appropriate instruments to avoid uncertainty? The cases of the Colombia\u2013France <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips63'>BIT<\/span> and the Colombia\u2013Israel <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips70'>FTA<\/span>, by Carolina Olarte-Bacares, Enrique Prieto-Rios &amp; Juan P. Pont\u00f3n-Serra<\/li>\n<li>Does the investment treaty regime promote good governance? The case of mining in Santurb\u00e1n, Colombia, by Anna Sands<\/li>\n<li>Corporate investors\u2019 nationality and reforming investment treaties: Can older-generation treaties undermine substantive reforms?, by Anil Yilmaz Vastardis<\/li>\n<li>The human rights binding treaty negotiation from an international investment law perspective, by Joe Zhang<\/li>\n<li>Incorporating corporate social responsibility within investment treaty law and arbitral practice: Progress or fantasy remedy?, by Claire Cutler &amp; David Lark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News in Brief<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span> investment screening<\/li>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips116'>EC<\/span> suggests withdrawal is a possibility as Energy Charter Treaty modernization negotiations continue<\/li>\n<li>Asia-Pacific leaders sign <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips35'>RCEP<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips3'>UNCITRAL<\/span> Working Group III pre-intersessional meeting on the use of mediation in <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips43'>ISDS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips73'>IIA<\/span> Reform Accelerator Launches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards and Decisions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips18'>ICSID<\/span> tribunal rejects denial of justice claim against the Republic of Panama <em>(Bridgestone Licensing Services, Inc. and Bridgestone Americas, Inc. v. 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