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1. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); JDSUPRA With a total of 54 cases filed, 2020 was a record year for cases filed under the ICSID Convention, and with a total of 72 treaty-based cases, an important year in general for Investor-State Arbitration. ...; Created on 21 January 2021
2. Setting the Record Straight: Debunking Ten Common Defenses of Controversial Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (ISDS); Public Citizen In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...; Created on 30 April 2016
3. Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies: (ISDS); Public Citizen The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...; Created on 30 April 2016
4. Myths and Omissions: Unpacking Obama Administration Defenses of Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (General mining reports ); Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Investor-state dispute settlement system empowers foreign corporations to bypass domestic courts, challenge government’s public interest policies before extrajudicial ...; Created on 30 April 2016
5. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Commerce Group Case: (ISDS); Public Citizen Global Trade Watch The Commerce Group Corporation attacked El Salvador’s environmental policies under the CAFTA when the company’s environmental permits for gold mining in Northeastern ...; Created on 30 April 2016
6. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case: (OceanaGold/Pacific Rim); Public Citizen Pacific Rim Mining Corp. is a Canadian-based firm attempted to establish a gold mine in the River Lempa basin, El Salvador’s largest river. This generated a large debate about the health ...; Created on 30 April 2016
7. Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case: (ISDS); Orellana et al., 2015 There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining ...; Created on 30 April 2016
8. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the Association for the Development of El Salvador are calling on Canadians to help solve the water crisis by challenging investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms that have enabled corporations ...; Created on 18 May 2015
9. Investor Rights Strip Communities of their Basic National Sovereignty: (FTAs & ISDS); Investor Rights Strip Communities of their Basic National Sovereignty On the day of the expected Pacific Rim decision, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining organized a press conference with ...; Created on 08 June 2012
10. Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement: (FTAs & ISDS); Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement By Janet M Eaton, Phd. April 12th, 2012 There appears to be a growing awareness that NAFTA-style foreign investor privileges and ...; Created on 10 May 2012
11. Congressional Briefing: Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment?: (Background and reports ); Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment? On Wednesday, March 28th Luis Gonzalez, a member of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining ...; Created on 04 April 2012
12. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case: (FTAs & ISDS); CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case 2010 Pacific Rim Mining Corp., a Canadian-based multinational firm, sought to establish a massive gold mine ...; Created on 05 March 2012
13. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... a state (a government project to create areas subject to a special regime, where investors would be in charge of tax policy, security and conflict resolution). They are actually monarchies because we are ...; Created on 25 December 2021
14. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... close relationships with large investors in this industry. Instead of complying with the current law prohibiting metallic mining, the government, in May of this year, joined an international network ...; Created on 14 December 2021
15. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Peru have already been counted, while only 21% of the votes abroad have been counted. Around 997,000 Peruvians were authorized to vote abroad and so far Fujimori has won 63% of the votes cast. For investors, ...; Created on 08 June 2021
16. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... point: A Nevada-based mining company is suing the Guatemalan government for over $400 million, claiming violations of investor protections in the CAFTA-DR. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) argues in ...; Created on 07 June 2021
17. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... were acknowledged nor answered during the AGM. After President and CEO of Pan American Silver, Michael Steinmann, answered three other shareholders’ questions, Vice President of Investor Relations, Siren ...; Created on 17 May 2021
18. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... “There’s a disconnect between what companies are telling their shareholders and investors, others in industry, and what’s actually happening on the ground,” said Lang. Despite companies’ loud declarations ...; Created on 12 May 2021
19. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Agreement (FIPA) is now in force. This agreement provides substantial protections for Canadian investors in Mongolia, where there are already significant Canadian-owned mining assets. These “investors’ ...; Created on 07 May 2021
20. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a staunchly pro-business tribunal that adjudicates disputes between governments and foreign investors. Pacific Rim demanded that El Salvador either allow it ...; Created on 23 April 2021

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