October 2008 - News and Commentary - Investment Treaty News (ITN)

Canadian investors sue Costa Rica alleging failure to protect their farm

By Fernando Cabrera Diaz and Damon Vis-Dunbar 29 October 2008 A tribunal has been constituted in an arbitration that pits a group of Canadian investors against the government of Costa Rica. The claimants—Vancouver-based Quadrant Pacific Growth Fund...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 3:27 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Canada, FIPA, Costa Rica, Quadrant Pacific Growth Fund

Société Générale passes jurisdictional hurdle in dispute with Dominican Republic; controversy erupts over press release

By Fernando Diaz Cabrera 28 October 2008 Lawyers for the Dominican Republic have accused a subsidiary of the French financial services company Société Générale of breaking confidentiality rules in an ad-hoc arbitration when...

Published Tue, Oct 28 2008 5:30 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: jurisdiction, Dominican Republic, Société Générale, confidentiality, UNCITRAL

Jurisdictional decision sees light of day in dispute between a Greek claimant and Serbia-Montenegro

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 24 October 2008 A previously unpublished 2006 partial award on jurisdiction in an arbitration between a Greek industrial group and the government of Serbia and Montenegro was released in October 2008, providing a fuller description...

Published Fri, Oct 24 2008 4:47 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: jurisdiction, Dissenting Opinion, Mytilineos Holdings SA, Partial Award, Serbia

Chemical company warns Canada of a potential lawsuit over pesticide ban

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 23 October 2008 One of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers may sue the Canadian government over the ban of a lawn pesticide in the Province of Quebec. The Canadian government revealed on 21 October that, some two months...

Published Thu, Oct 23 2008 11:02 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: NAFTA, Notice of Intent, Canada, environment

Czech Republic fails to overturn partial liability award before Paris Court of Appeal

By Suzy H. Nikièma 22 October 2008 The Czech Republic’s effort to overturn a partial award on liability rendered in favour of a Croatian businessman has been rejected by a Paris court of appeal, while a separate challenge to a US$ 1.5 million...

Published Wed, Oct 22 2008 6:56 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: annulment, court of appeal, Pren Nreka, Czech Republic

Tribunal prepares for amici curiae in miners’ dispute with South Africa

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 21 October 2008 Nonparties wishing to intervene in an international arbitration launched by Italian miners against the government of South Africa have been offered a set of procedures to follow. A two-page document, available from...

Published Tue, Oct 21 2008 1:54 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ICSID, Human Rights, amicus curiae, South Africa

In Memorial: Professor Thomas Wälde (1949-2008)

A leading figure in the field of international investment law passed away suddenly on 11 October 2008 at age 59. Thomas W. Wälde, a professor at the University of Dundee, Scotland, fell at his holiday home in Southern France. News of his death, which...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2008 4:18 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Argentina ordered to reconsider its position on payment of ICSID awards

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 14 October 2008 A three-person committee formed by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has rejected the Argentine government’s position that foreign investors who have been awarded damages...

Published Tue, Oct 14 2008 4:42 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: ICSID, Argentina, annulment, Enron Corporation

Award is publicly released in failed Energy Charter Treaty claim against the Ukraine

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 13 October 2008 Details of an arbitration involving a Latvian investor and the government of the Ukraine have emerged following the public release of the tribunal’s final award, some seven months after the decision was rendered...

Published Mon, Oct 13 2008 7:40 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Award, Energy Charter Treaty, Amto, Ukraine

An interview with Professor John Ruggie, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Business & Human Rights

1 October 2008 Professor John Ruggie was appointed to be Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on business & human rights in 2005. Prof. Ruggie is also the Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs and Weil Director of...

Published Wed, Oct 01 2008 2:39 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Human Rights, Interview, John Ruggie, United Nations

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