...designed to reduce emissions and promote sustainability may be contested under ISDS provisions in international investment agreements (IIAs), including bilateral investment treaties (BITs), as well as in free trade agreements...
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Authors: A. Rohan Perera** and Noel Dias*** Published: June 1991 Jurisdiction: Hong Kong Sri Lanka Topics: Commercial Disputes Investment Disputes Applicable Law ICSID Sources of Arbitration Law BITs Description: This...
Asian Agricultural Products Ltd. v. The Republic of Sri Lanka* ...
...involving Brazil, whether in the mining sector or any other industry. The Brazilian Agreements on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (CFIAs), seen as an alternative to BITs, although providing for...
Mining Arbitration in Brazil
...Henriietta Yaitska THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: CAN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION BE A LAST RESORT REMEDY TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE? Dmytro Donenko BITS AND THE WAR: NEW ISSUES AND NEW CHALLENGES Olena Perepelynska INTERNATIONAL...
Volume 34: Issue 2 (April 2024)
...that some states have recognised the environmental implications of solely focussing on increasing foreign capital. Explicit reference to environmental issues and sustainable development is becoming increasingly common in BITs. However,...
Bridging the Gap Between Investment Arbitrations and Environmental Concerns: Can ...
Author: Amr Jomaa* Jurisdiction: Lebanon Topics: BITs Investment Disputes I. INTRODUCTION On August 4, 2020, 2,500 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut exploded, causing colossal damage...
Potential Arbitration Proceedings for Investor-State Disputes Arising in the Aftermath ...
Author: Todd J. Weiler* Published: February 2000 Topics: Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes ICSID UNCITRAL BITs NAFTA Description: There has been a considerable amount of political hand wringing, but not...
The Ethyl Arbitration: First of Its Kind and a Harbinger ...
...A. Bermann Russia Report: The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in 2016 William R. Spiegelberger State Succession and BITs: Challenges for Investment Arbitration Raúl Pereira Fleury Contractualists Versus Jurisdictionalists: Who...
Volume 27: Issue 4 (May 2017)
Author: Alberto Alvarez-Jiménez* Published: December 2018 Jurisdictions: International Australia South America Uruguay Venezuela El Salvador Mexico Topics: Sources of Arbitration Law BITs Arbitral Decisions Basic Standards of Due Process States...
Tobacco Control Measures and International Investment Law After Philip Morris ...
...against a state. States consent to investor-state arbitration by signing bilateral investment treaties (BITs). For instance, Country A consents to arbitration with investors of Country B’s nationality by signing a...
The New Political Risk Insurance: An End to Corporate Nationality ...
...J. Solis Tobacco Control Measures and International Investment Law After Philip Morris v. Australia and Philip Morris v. Uruguay Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez Mutual Termination of Sunset Clauses in Intra-EU BITs: The...
Volume 29: Issue 2 (December 2018)
Author: Jerome Newton** Published: March 2019 Jurisdiction: International Topics: Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes NAFTA ICSID BITs WTO UNCITRAL Description: I. INTRODUCTION In March 2017, an arbitral tribunal delivered the...