Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
Recent articles
Mining investor’s lack of funding puts CAFTA arbitration on ice
Dec 31, 2011
Public hearings loom in longest-running CAFTA arbitration arising out of Guatemalan railway dispute
Nov 22, 2011
Parties to Guatemalan railway arbitration joust over alleged extortion, financial viability of investment, and investor’s reliance on “ultra vires” contract
Nov 22, 2011
Guatemalan railway arbitration sees legal debate as to administrative delays and due process requirements imposed by CAFTA
Nov 22, 2011
ANALYSIS: State’s demand that compensation be conditioned upon return of property raises questions about authority of investment treaty tribunals
Nov 22, 2011
Mining arbitration between foreign investor and government takes an unusual turn, as a defence counsel steps into role of witness
Jun 30, 2011
Tribunal rules that mining company failed to waive local court proceedings, thus precluding CAFTA arbitration against El Salvador; hearings in a parallel case loom
Mar 15, 2011
US electricity company requests arbitration for alleged breaches of CAFTA by Guatemala
Nov 25, 2010
El Salvador’s Preliminary Objections to U.S. miner’s (Commerce Group) claim will be heard in open hearings in mid-November
Nov 4, 2010
Preliminary Objections cleared away in Pacific Rim's CAFTA mining claim, more battles over jurisdiction may loom
Aug 5, 2010
Tribunal selected to hear second CAFTA mining claim against El Salvador
Jul 2, 2010
Tribunal finds that railway company’s dispute with Guatemala arose after CAFTA entered into force and is arbitrable
Jun 27, 2010
Non-disputing CAFTA state intervenes in Guatemala arbitration to present arguments
Apr 22, 2010
Pacific Rim answers El Salvador’s preliminary objections in CAFTA mining claim
Mar 18, 2010
El Salvador raises preliminary objections to jurisdiction of ICSID tribunal in CAFTA mining claim
Jan 17, 2010
Arbitrators selected to hear contentious El Salvador mining arbitration; claimant’s nominee chosen in parallel arbitration
Nov 30, 2009
Shareholders in shuttered battery recycling plant put El Salvador on notice of claims for treaty breach
Sep 19, 2009
Second mining claim against El Salvador registered at ICSID; Domestic litigation still ongoing in El Salvador
Sep 19, 2009
ANALYSIS: Slow Gov't decision-making, on environment & approvals, a breach of treaty obligations to foreign investors?
Sep 19, 2009
Dominican Republic settles trio of electricity arbitrations
Sep 19, 2009
Investor in Guatemala railway dispute outlines details of CAFTA claim
Jul 17, 2009
CAFTA Claim: mining corp moves to arbitration with El Salvador; enviro impact of project is hotly contested
May 11, 2009
More details emerge of Dominican Republic arbitrations over electricity concession; arbitrators revealed in several cases
Feb 28, 2009
Arbitrators decline Guatemala’s request for clarification of jurisdictional ruling in CAFTA railway dispute
Jan 22, 2009
Replacement arbitrator appointed in TCW v. Dominican Republic CAFTA arbitration over electricity investment
Jan 5, 2009
US subsidiary of Canadian miner files CAFTA Notice of Intent against El Salvador; Pacific Rim complains of enviro delays
Dec 11, 2008
Tribunal rejects Guatemala’s objection to jurisdiction in CAFTA railroad dispute; but claimant's waiver precludes some claims
Nov 19, 2008
Tribunal in CAFTA railway arbitration denies broad request for evidence preservation
Nov 12, 2008
UNCITRAL tribunal rules that electricity claim can proceed against Dominican Republic; parallel CAFTA claim also afoot
Oct 9, 2008
