...However, many a time, these actions of the state and the courts have amounted to the expropriation of the rights granted to investors under Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). These BITs...
...of Trouble (Vol. 30(3) July 2020) Ramon Vidal Puig, Promoting Sustainable Development in BITs: The EU Experience (Vol. 30(1) December 2019) Michael Waibel, Fair and Equitable Treatment as Boilerplate (Vol....
...treaties (“BITs”), discrimination between national and foreign companies, infringement of investors’ property rights, and, perhaps most significantly, a fundamental alteration to the existing investor-friendly environment.[1] In response, states may invoke...
...at take-off.” The questions we asked could be summarized as follows: • Why BITs? • Is the content of BITs balanced? • Have BITs delivered for both investors as well...
...and security; and umbrella clauses. Along with these standards, these BITs are comparable in terms of the similar substantive and procedural rights they guarantee. For instance, many of Nigeria’s BITs...
...rules. These ad hoc rules are those sometimes found in BITs that delve into the appointing procedure of the tribunal and at times either outline a default procedure for the...
Author: Nicole O’Donnell** Published: March 2019 Jurisdiction: International Topics: Sources of Arbitration Law BITs Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes Description: This article examines the nature and scope of the full...
Author: Koichi Miki** Published: August 2009 Jurisdiction: Japan Topics: Investment Disputes BITs Description: I. JAPAN’S POLICY REGARDING THE PROMOTION OF INVESTMENT TREATIES Investment treaties, whether they are bilateral investment treaties...
...entered into with regard to investments of investors of the other Contracting Party.”[22] As discussed, the Romania-U.S. BIT has a similar umbrella clause. And Saudi Arabia’s BITs with Germany, Switzerland,...
Authors: Manuel A. Abdala* and Pablo T. Spiller** Published: December 2004 Jurisdiction: International Topics: Investment Disputes Costs and Damages BITs Description: During the 1990s, several emerging countries signed BITs (Bilateral...
...departure from India’s erstwhile BITs and contains a number of procedural and substantive safeguards in favour of the host State. Since July 2016, India has actively terminated its BITs and...
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