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1. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... with the domestic legal system. Foreign investors can reduce the risk of investing abroad by ensuring that their investments benefit from the protections contained in investment treaties. This is not ...; Created on 06 January 2021
2. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... to effectively enforce treaties such as the Trifinio Plan. The Trifinio Biosphere Reserve is a trinational, protected border area in Guatemala, Honduran and El Salvador. It is urgent that the Salvadoran ...; Created on 21 September 2022
3. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... the population, in compliance with: i. Human rights, and international agreements and treaties; by not authorizing the mining exploitation of the “Cerro Blanco” project, owned by BLUESTONE RESOURCES ...; Created on 12 June 2022
4. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of free trade agreements, bilateral investment treaties, national investment laws, and contracts around the world enables. As an enforcement mechanism for protecting investor rights, ISDS has principally ...; Created on 07 June 2021
5. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed over a year ago, as well as numerous cases and actions still arising from the Odebrecht scandal that became public back in 2016, to the conclusion of treaties departing ...; Created on 19 December 2020
6. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... mechanism in their treaties”. Under Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), a single foreign investor can claim compensation if it can persuade an international tribunal of investment lawyers that ...; Created on 01 September 2020
7. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... in bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and may bring rise to claims in the future by foreign investors.” The Washington, D.C.-based Aceris has won arbitration cases for numerous global corporations. This ...; Created on 23 July 2020
8. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... evolved” rule of law, legal systems, and robust courts on both sides of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the European Union countries have begun phasing out Bilateral Investment Treaties among themselves. Rich ...; Created on 03 May 2020
9. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... in 1994. Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution in Article 422 declares that treaties or international instruments that permit international arbitration are unconstitutional for undermining the nation´s sovereignty. ...; Created on 03 May 2020
10. National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water “Water is not for sale, we care for it and defend it: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... of the Legislature and the Executive branches to international conventions and treaties regarding the human right to water and to confront climate change. Of the business, industrial and agro industrial ...; Created on 26 September 2019
11. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that with the resolution of SEMARNAT, Mexico violated Chapter XI of NAFTA, which protects investments. This article is a legal resource that exists in all international trade treaties and has been applied ...; Created on 24 September 2019
12. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... and consulted about development projects (particularly ILO Convention 169) are recognised both in the Peruvian legal system and Constitution as well as in international treaties to which Peru is a signatory. ...; Created on 28 August 2018
13. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); P. Cabezas Local companies tied to foreign capital drive the push to privatize water magament and services in El Salvador. The fight for the defence of water in El Salvador and the recent conflicts ...; Created on 02 July 2018
14. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... thanks to the international alliances, the country managed to put pressure on the ICSID tribunal so that the ruling of the case would be favorable to El Salvador. These investment or free trade treaties ...; Created on 10 May 2018
15. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... agreements, bilateral investment treaties and multilateral financial institutions that work in partnership with local officials in order to strengthen corporate rights and thus legitimize the dispossession ...; Created on 08 May 2018
16. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... to water and international treaties on shared water is at stake here. The Central American Integration System, SICA, and the Central American parliament, PARLACEN, should put this issue on the table, so ...; Created on 14 November 2017
17. International Allies statement on the victory of the people of El Salvador Vs OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... We would like to express our commitment to continue to support this struggle that is a worldwide example against mining exploitation and free trade and investment treaties that trample the rights of peoples. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
18. For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in the courts. “We believe it is a claim that should have never proceeded, the only reason it did is because it was done under investment treaties,” Cabezas told teleSUR. “These demands are against ...; Created on 10 November 2016
19. ICSID decision buoys El Salvador in mining dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that oppose the use of arbitration under international trade and investment treaties. Activists and environmental groups say that corporations use ICSID to challenge governments’ right to set rules for ...; Created on 10 November 2016
20. NEW BOOK: Rethinking Bilateral Trade Agreements: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... then. Currently, the international legal system that governs international investment flows consists of about 3000 BITs and othert Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT. While originally these treaties were ...; Created on 11 May 2016

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