UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
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14-Oct-2019 IISD
Grupo de Trabajo III de la CNUDMI: Promoción de alternativas al arbitraje entre inversionistas y Estados como reforma de la ISDS
Varios Estados participantes en el proceso de la CNUDMI ya han adoptado alternativas viables a la ISDS.
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14-Oct-2019 IISD
Groupe de travail III de la CNUDCI : quelques alternatives à l’arbitrage investisseur-État dans le cadre de la réforme du RDIE
Plusieurs États prenant part au processus de la CNUDCI ont d’ores et déjà adopté des alternatives viables au RDIE.
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14-Oct-2019 IISD
UNCITRAL Working Group III: Promoting alternatives to investor–state arbitration as ISDS reform
Several states participating in the UNCITRAL process have already adopted viable alternatives to ISDS.
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24-Sep-2019 CADTM
Weapons of legal destruction: ISDS lawsuits and Lydian International’s assault on Armenian sovereignty
The signing of an investment treaty involves a unilateral loss of sovereignty on the part of the host state, which is ultimately deemed necessary to attract foreign capital.
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29-May-2019 Reuters
UN reform needed to stop companies fighting climate rules: Nobel laureate Stiglitz
Multinational companies will increasingly file massive cases against host countries when climate change policies affect their profits, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said.
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9-Apr-2019 Stop ISDS
We the people reject ISDS. So why are our governments trying to expand it?
A permanent Multilateral Investment Court pushed by the European Union could make ISDS worse by scaling it up.
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8-Apr-2019 TNI
As the world meets to discuss ISDS, many fear meaningless reforms
ISDS lawyers appear to hold administrative positions within the working group and are represented in large numbers in the advisory bodies that have been established for the working group.
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8-Apr-2019 AFTINET
Sharpening clash as UN body reviews investor rights to sue governments (ISDS)
Advocates of ISDS (industrialised countries and lawyers from the ‘arbitration industry’) dominate the running of the Working Group and its advisory bodies. Civil society is underrepresented.
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5-Apr-2019 The American Prospect
Trump’s damaged NAFTA deal
USMCA bears many resemblances to NAFTA, which has been cited as a driver of low-wage corporate outsourcing.
