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Hogan Lovells
A commitment of capital in a foreign state, particularly with long-term profit horizons, can be a risky undertaking. When a host state harms a foreign company's investment, the ...
... have managed conflict by providing financial aid for CSR initiatives within developing nations.” She said that this is part of a trend to shift blame onto the weak governance systems in developing nations ...
... it was obtained and awarded through corrupt practices. This case is peculiar, however, because it deviates from the current trend in regard to both gathering and assessing evidence of corruption. Regarding ...
... the disturbing trend of mining companies using ISDS to sue governments when their investments face opposition from local communities. Arbitration suits like this are made possible by International Investment ...
... fighting to protect community health and water from negative mining impacts — are facing new threats.
These trends are laid out in a global solidarity statement released June 2 and signed by over 300 ...
How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
This report provides in-depth cases to exemplify the four trends highlighted in the international open letter “Global Solidarity ...
... struggle and in solidarity with them in their upcoming battles.
Meanwhile, other mining companies have continued to threaten governments with suits over unwanted projects.
This is a trend the Institute ...
... where a significant resistance against extractive projects is taking place, have been punished with a partial State of Siege while extractive projects operate illegally.
An alarming sign of this trend ...
... this is part of a process of a broader trend of criminalization and stigmatization that communities face when they reject extractive projects that have not been consulted with indigenous peoples.”
The ...
... and other regions.
Dragging the spokespersons of these struggles through the courts is the cornerstone of a much broader trend to criminalize social protest. This includes not only new laws and legal ...
... and it has the lowest level of available freshwater per capita in Central America. According to the Global Water Partnership, the country also suffers from a clear trend toward water stress, a situation ...
... they pose to the environment and human well-being.
The trend is spreading across the country. Cinquera, in the neighboring Department of Cabañas, is holding a referendum on February 26th to become the ...
... by legal experts, researchers and economists, think tanks and NGOs. The book covers a wide range of topics – from current trends in investor-state arbitration to the wider ramifications of investment treaties ...
... conducts a quantitative analysis to identify trends in the use of ISDS by Canadian investors, explores ISDS through various case studies and discussed policy implications for Canada.
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2015/08/Losing_Proposition.pdf ...
... 35 percent were brought by oil, gas, and mining firms and nearly 50 percent of all 169 suits were against Latin American governments. The trend with NAFTA suits is similar—over the last decade, the number ...
... As of 2013, there were 169 investor-state suits being heard at ICSID, up from only three in 2000, and nearly 50 percent of all 169 suits were against Latin American countries. For Canada, the trend is ...
... ICSID, up from only 3 in 2000. About 35% were brought by oil, gas, and mining firms and nearly 50% of all 169 suits were against Latin American governments. The trend with NAFTA suits is similar. Over ...
... to legal accountability for corporate crimes is a long struggle, but the vote in the UNHRC marks an important milestone because it aims to set a trend in international law that establishes the primacy ...
... International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
ICSID is part of a trend in international institutions and trade agreements over recent years that give rights to international ...
... mining met today in Managua to form a coalition to unify efforts against such projects. "It's a need to articulate our struggles, because mining provides a worrying trend for Central America, in some ...