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Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2019

Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.

By Martin Dietrich Brauch, Suzy H. Nikièma, Marina Ruete, Sofia Baliño, Federico Suárez Ricaurte, Mouhamed Kebe, Mahamat Atteib, Mouhamoud Sangare on September 18, 2019

Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.

Featured articles:

  • Judgment C-252 of 2019 of the Constitutional Court of Colombia: Change of precedent on the control of BITs, by Federico Suárez Ricaurte
  • Ivory Coast's New Investment Code: Focus on issues related to sustainable development and dispute settlement, by Mouhamed Kebe, Mahamat Atteib & Mouhamoud Sangare
  • Toward a Code of Conduct for Investment Adjudicators: Can ethical standards salvage ISDS?, by Martin Dietrich Brauch

Summaries and analysis of recent arbitration awards and decisions:

  • Spain is ordered to pay damages of EUR 290.6 million in NextEra renewable energy case, by Gabriela Barcellos Scalco
  • Spain held liable for breach of FET under the ECT for frustrating legitimate expectations of 9REN, a Luxembourg-based renewable energy investor, by Yashasvi Tripathi
  • Clorox’s claims against Venezuela are dismissed on jurisdiction for lack of “action of investing,” by Inaê Siqueira de Oliveira
  • Jurisdiction declined in case against Uruguay as ICSID tribunal concludes that American company lacked ownership or control over the investment, by Vishakha Choudhary
  • In yet another solar energy incentives case against Italy, ECT tribunal applying proportionality test finds breach of legitimate expectations, by Alessandra Mistura

Visit www.iisd.org/itn for back issues of ITN, as well as news updates.

Newsletter details

Topic
Investment Law & Policy
Project
Investment Treaty News
Focus area
Economies
Publisher
IISD
Copyright
IISD, 2019