28-Sep-2023
The East African
Canadian firm Winshear Gold Corp has announced the suspension of its multimillion-dollar arbitration proceedings against Tanzania over a mining license dispute dating back to 2018, saying it had reached a “conditional settlement agreement” with Dodoma.
25-Sep-2023
The Real News Network
The crumbling of European empires after WWII didn’t usher in a new era of democracy—instead, we now live in a regime of international corporate rule.
20-Jul-2023
Bretton Woods Project
Honduras is threatening to withdraw from the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes over an $11 billion claim by Honduras Prospera, a US company.
20-Jul-2023
The East African
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Tanzania to pay more than $109 million to a group of companies fronted by Australian miner Indiana Resources Ltd in compensation for the controversial 2018 expropriation of a nickel mine project in Tanzania.
26-Jun-2023
Korea Tech Today
South Korea has been ordered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes to compensate hedge fund Elliott approximately $108.5 million concerning the 2015 merger of two Samsung subsidiaries.
2-Jun-2023
The Zimbabwe Mail
ZIMBABWE continues its fight in the United States (US) to block enforcement of a US$277 million arbitration award to a German and Swiss family which stems from the country’s controversial land reform programme.
28-Apr-2023
Capital Madrid
The World Bank has sent a devastating letter to the Spanish government to demand payment of the awards that condemn our country to compensate the investors affected by the retroactive withdrawal of the premiums granted to renewable energies.
21-Apr-2023
Balkan Insight
Despite warnings that it could deter investment, Albania is pushing ahead with plans to establish a local commercial court to replace the World Bank-funded international arbitration body.
18-Apr-2023
Simple Flying
Australian-based exploration company Indiana Resources has threatened to attach one of Air Tanzania’s aircraft to force the Tanzanian government to pay nearly $100 million as compensation for a failed nickel project.
14-Apr-2023
Balkan Insight
Premier Edi Rama reacted angrily to a decision by a World Bank-funded international arbitration body to grant around 110 million euros in compensation to an Italian businessman who claimed he was politically persecuted in Albania.
26-May-2022
bilaterals.org
Interview with Chilean activist Lucía Sepúlveda Ruiz.
24-Nov-2021
Counter Punch
Extractive companies are the most frequent users of the investor-state dispute settlement system (ISDS), making up 29 percent of all ICSID claims in fiscal year 2021.