When Corporations Sue States: The Exploitation Trap https://www.bocvip.com/924818/when-corporations-sue-states-the-exploitation-trap/ #Development #environment #gas #imperialism #Investment #InvestmentStateDisputeSettlement #ISDS #JohntheDuncan #JtD #Mexico #Mining #MiningIndustriesAnalysis #odyssey #oil

Ethiopia Conducts Last Validation Workshop on Implementation of AfCFTA: 👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_6802100?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

EU Launches €6m Project To Hasten Ethiopian AfCFTA Participation: The European Union has launched a six million Euro project geared towards kickstarting Ethiopia’s belated participation in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/45729/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

📷 TODAY at #HRC59, CIEL’s Francesca Mingrone spoke during the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Business and Human Rights. She spotlighted how #ISDS undermines #HumanRights, environmental protections, and policymaking.

We’re calling on the #HumanRights Council to explicitly address the #HumanRights impacts of #ISDS and ensure that foreign investment supports sustainable development, not its destruction. #HumanRightsCouncil #HRC59 #ClimateJustice

Judiciary to resolve 500 cases through mediation in two weeks - Uganda: The Judiciary has identified at least 513 cases that it intends to resolve within two weeks through mediation.
👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/judiciary-to-resolve-500-cases-through-mediation-in-two-weeks-5084354?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Governments had to pay $80B to the #FossilFuel industry. 🌍 2,600+ #InvestmentTreaties still allow this. If countries #defossilize without tackling #ISDS, billions could be lost in claims. ➡️ We demand legal reform so public funds fuel #ClimateAction, not corporate payouts.

🗣️ “ #ISDS prevents States from complying with their international environmental obligations and encourages further investments in #FossilFuels, prolonging #ClimateChange impacts on #HumanRights,” UN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera. Full report: docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/42

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🚨 BILLIONS lost to corporate lawsuits, not going to #ClimateAction. Join us at our official #SB62 side event: how investment treaties block climate progress & drain public funds. 🗓️ Mon, Jun 16 | 15:00 CEST 📍 Berlin Room, World Conference Center, Bonn #ISDS #ClimateJustice More: bit.ly/4l75Qwx

Addressing investment treaties...

AfCFTA Secretary-General Reaffirms Commitment to Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative - AfCFTA: 👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://au-afcfta.org/2025/06/afcfta-secretary-general-reaffirms-commitment-to-africa-green-industrialisation-initiative/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

As water firms net value could be argued to be approaching zero, could 'special administration' be a govt. strategy for taking the water sector back under public control, where the costs would be negligible, not the £99bn often bandied about.

Even if Ewan McGaughey (KCL) is right (and I'm sure he's on the right track), what might make this strategy less politically attractive would be likely threats to invoke Investor State Dispute Settlement!

#water #ISDS #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/09/water-companies-public-ownership-could-cost-close-to-zero-says-common-wealth-thinktank

Umeme’s Compensation Demand Rises to Shs 1.1 Tn: While Umeme had earlier claimed a buyout amount of USD 234 million, the Auditor General recommended a significantly lower sum of USD 118,385,603, which the government paid
👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://chimpreports.com/umemes-compensation-demand-rises-to-shs-1-1-tn/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Recent fossil fuel arbitration claims based on the #noECT Energy Contract Treaty highlight the urgency of neutralizing the sunset clause, #ISDS,

Mathilde Dupré & Stéphanie Kpenou, https://www.veblen-institute.org/Recent-fossil-fuel-arbitration-claims-based-on-the-ECT-highlight-the-urgency-of-2188.html

Kenyans worry a US duty-free trade deal might end and expose them to Trump's tariffs: 👉 TDM: African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA (Vol. I, II, III):
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #PAIC #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://apnews.com/article/kenya-agoa-us-trade-tariffs-africa-779eaebed034879a806a9bea66030088?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Would a firm badly affected by the #Trump #tariffs (e.g. the car firm visited by Starmer yesterday) have an #ISDS claim against the USG?

Dominic Ayine advocates for efficient, just arbitration proceedings: Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has emphasised the importance of ensuring justice and efficiency in arbitration proceedings.
👉 TDM cfp Volume 3: The African Continental Free Trade Agreement #AfCFTA
https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news.asp?key=1809
#Arbitration #Disputes #PAIC #FreeTradeAgreement #FTA #WTO #COMESA #ECOWAS #EAC #SADC #OHADA #MIGA #UNCITRAL #ISDS https://www.modernghana.com/news/1389738/dominic-ayine-advocates-for-efficient-just-arbitr.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

CIEL organized an event on #HumanRights impacts of Investor-State Dispute Settlements, discussing steps needed to ensure #ISDS do not prevent effective human rights & social & environmental protection. Key takeaways are collected in this @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org 's 🧵 bsky.app/profile/gene...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmolochlft3v73jltwpfc5iw/post/3lk6nr4lrz226

@drrimmer Can't Australian companies now sue the US under #ISDS laws?

Joseph Stiglitz, #NoECT , Energy Charter Treaty, #ISDS, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/07/private-investors-ability-to-sue-governments-is-a-form-of-legal-terrorism-ending-this-system-is-imperative-aoe

De Guardian zet nog eens op een rij hoezeer #ISDS het stoppen van de winning van fossiele brandstoffen tegenwerkt. Regeringen durven daar geen eind aan te maken omdat ze vrezen met miljardenclaims van de fossiele industrie te maken te krijgen.
#StopISDS

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/isds-fear-of-billion-dollar-lawsuits-stops-countries-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-aoe