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  Tribunal says that any treatment of company officers must have “necessary link” to the claimant entitled to treaty-protection
May 10, 2013
  After claims of human rights violation are borne out, businessman pursues ad-hoc investment treaty arbitration against Turkmenistan
Apr 3, 2013
  New Books, Articles and Materials on International Investment Law, June 2012 to November 2012
Nov 26, 2012
  South Africa pushes phase-out of early bilateral investment treaties after at least two separate brushes with investor-state arbitration
Sep 23, 2012
  European Court of Human Rights rejects claims of expropriation by shareholders in nationalised bank
Aug 19, 2012
  ANALYSIS: Tribunal confirms Russia’s deliberate destruction of Spanish investors’ Yukos holdings; findings distinguished from human rights court
Aug 1, 2012
  Amicus submission rejected in Zimbabwe case; human rights law held inapplicable to ICSID proceedings
Jun 27, 2012
  ANALYSIS: Tribunal’s reading of amicus curiae tests could make life difficult for antagonistic amici - and those seeking to raise novel concerns such as human rights law
Jun 27, 2012
  Newly-released SAUR v. Argentina decision touches on illegality, test for expropriation, and financial "strangulation" of a concessionaire
Jun 14, 2012
  Ecuadorian plaintiffs withdraw request for protective measures, after sparring with Chevron over need for human rights authorities to intervene
Mar 14, 2012
  ANALYSIS: Interim measures granted by Inter-American Commission have featured in several recent investment controversies
Mar 14, 2012
  European Court of Human Rights rules on claims by landowners for excessively delayed expropriation payouts in Malta and Poland
Dec 31, 2011
  Arbitrators reject Greek investor’s claims that Romanian tax enforcements and food safety inspections breached investment treaty; Romania must bear $4 Million of its legal costs
Dec 15, 2011
  Arbitrators decline jurisdiction over Romania’s counter-claim against investor; Counter-claims popping up in other ICSID cases, particularly Ecuadorian oil disputes
Dec 15, 2011
  ANALYSIS: Novel human rights arguments are raised in Romania arbitration at ICSID; tribunal views BIT protections as more protective than European rights convention counterparts
Dec 15, 2011
  Ecuador bristles at suggestion that its treatment of the media is in breach of international investment treaty and human rights protections
Dec 15, 2011
  ANALYSIS: Threatened claim by off-shore investors in newspaper company could stir debate as to whether investment treaties protect “political” expression
Dec 15, 2011
  Former ICSID claimant wins human rights case for unlawful detention and asset seizures; court does not delve into misconduct questions that had roiled earlier arbitration
Dec 15, 2011
  In ignominious footnote to ICSID case, foreign investor is convicted of crimes against humanity
Nov 2, 2011
  Turkey must compensate land-owners affected by its land conservation policies; compensation calculated near time of judgment, not the date of interference
Oct 12, 2011
  Human Rights Court find some breaches by Russia in Yukos case, but diverges from earlier BIT arbitration ruling on other points
Sep 20, 2011
  Battle over reversed public tender to play out in investment treaty arbitration and before European human rights court
Sep 7, 2011
  Libananco v. Turkey postscript: minority shareholders in Uzan electricity companies also saw claims dismissed by European human rights court
Sep 5, 2011
  Southern African governments move to rein in international tribunal; passing judgment on Zimbabwe has led to political backlash against SADC tribunal
May 22, 2011
  European Human Rights Court dismisses claims against Turkey in Uzan electricity dispute
May 3, 2011
  Human Rights Court finds no damage suffered by foreign investors from shares freeze; parallel investment arbitration threatened against Czech Republic
Mar 31, 2011
  ANALYSIS: Tribunal in Grand River v. U.S.A. arbitration declines to import non-investment law obligations into NAFTA; role of other “relevant” legal obligations in treaty interpretation under Vienna Convention is not discussed
Mar 6, 2011
  Greece ordered to pay 3.7 million (EUR) in compensation for creeping expropriation via measures aimed at protection of endangered sea turtles; court dismisses as conjectural a much larger claim for lost-income
Feb 1, 2011
  Human Rights Court holds Hungary in violation of right to private life; Case highlights States’ responsibilities to police environmental effects of business activity
Dec 16, 2010
  Facts of failed ICSID arbitration claim give rise to ruling in human rights court; ‘veil-piercing’ of closely-held company is permitted
Nov 25, 2010
  Human Rights Court finds no violation of France’s duty to protect operations of UK company operating via English Channel tunnel
Nov 25, 2010
  Briefly Noted: UN Advisor seeks public input on principles for business and human rights
Nov 25, 2010
  Discontinuance of bilateral investment treaty claim leave some questions unresolved for South Africa; future shape of BIT program still up in the air
Aug 28, 2010
  Argentina liable for denying fair and equitable treatment to Suez-led consortia of foreign investors in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe water concessions
Aug 5, 2010
  Suez Analysis Part 1: Majority sets out view of fair and equitable treatment and Argentina’s ability to meet human rights law obligations in water disputes
Aug 5, 2010
  Suez Analysis Part 2: Judge Nikken assails reading of fair and equitable treatment in light of investor’s expectations and signals that states don’t impliedly waive their regulatory powers
Aug 5, 2010
  South Africa mining arbitration ends with a whimper, as terms of discontinuance are set down in award
Aug 5, 2010
  Chevron decision analysis: tribunal steps into Ecuadorian judicial robes to resolve underlying dispute
May 7, 2010
  Romania’s compliance with human rights ruling is studied, as other claims allege state failure to screen impact of industrial activity
May 7, 2010
  European Court of Human Rights orders Serbia to comply with arbitral award
Apr 22, 2010
  Human Rights Court departs from international law approach to damages for unlawful takings
Feb 9, 2010
  South Africa not prepared to let claimant walk away from ICSID claim without further conditions
Nov 30, 2009
  European Human Rights Court finds violations by Moldova of foreign investors’ rights to fair hearing and property protection
Nov 30, 2009
  Mining investors offer to withdraw politically sensitive arbitration claim against South Africa
Nov 13, 2009
  European Human Rights Court holds Czech Republic denied fair hearing to foreign investors; declines to hear BIT claims
Nov 13, 2009
  ANALYSIS: Arbitrators in Lebanon case grapple with non-treaty breaches, denial of justice, human rights law, and land occupation
Oct 30, 2009
  NGOs permitted to intervene in South Africa mining case and for second time at ICSID petitioners to see documents
Oct 14, 2009
  South Africa mining arbitration sees another amicus curiae intervention
Sep 2, 2009
  FREE: NGOs seek leave to intervene in ICSID arbitration arising out of South Africa’s treatment of foreign mining companies
Jul 21, 2009
  South African Government releases draft paper reviewing its BIT program, and calling for major revisions to approach
Jul 17, 2009
  FREE: Will the battle over Internet-filtering software play out on the investment treaty playing field?
Jun 29, 2009
  South Africa declines to appeal ruling ordering Gov't to assist farmers; regional tribunal finds Zimbabwe in contempt
Jun 9, 2009
  European Court of Human Rights publishes decision upholding admissibility of some Yukos claims against Russia
Mar 17, 2009
  Investment Arbitration Reporter Editor surveys role of human rights law in investment treaty arbitration
Feb 28, 2009
  Canadian indigenous association writes to tribunal in support of claimants in NAFTA tobacco arbitration
Feb 28, 2009
  ANALYSIS: human rights law arguments figure prominently in NAFTA dispute over indigenous tobacco enterprise
Feb 10, 2009
  Briefs exchanged in Grand River Enterprises, et.al. v. USA; NAFTA Chapter 11 arbitration arises out of tobacco dispute
Feb 10, 2009
  ANALYSIS: Enforceability of SADC judgment against Zimbabwe unclear, but judgment will doubtless be tabled in arbitrations
Dec 11, 2008
  South African Development Community tribunal rules that Zimbabwe land reform process breaches regional treaty
Dec 11, 2008
  Miner’s claim against South Africa moves forward slowly; ICSID to provide basic info on case to would-be interveners
Oct 22, 2008
 
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