... country’s investment law, OceanaGold has been able to sue El Salvador saying that they should be compensated for the profits they should have made at the goldmine. If the country loses the case, they will ...
... the doubt of which should be the priority in the international arbitration – whether it should be human life, or corporation profits – must make all States reflect on the necessity to radically change ...
... to sue governments for hundreds of millions of dollars when policies aimed at protecting the environment threaten corporate profits.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ...
... have so far made such decisions.
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“Debunking Eight Falsehoods by Pacific Rim Mining/OceanaGold in El Salvador” (Available in English and Spanish)
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... for “indirect expropriation” of anticipated profits. Even if Pacific Rim loses the case in ICSID, a court that generally favours corporations, the El Salvadorian public will still end up paying the multi-million ...
... can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened by government actions. OXFAM: Salvadorans rally at the World Bank to celebrate independence Salvadoran communities ...
... to let it mine gold. ...Because of trade and investment laws that the U.S. has championed in recent decades, corporations can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened ...
... corporations to sue governments over any laws or actions that affect their ability to make profits.
They take away from sovereign governments the right to make laws that might protect the environment ...
... corporations can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened by government actions. Today they are doing this in the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement ...
... the people of El Salvador, and the country is working to raise more public awareness around the case. While mining companies like Pac Rim could see enormous profits from mining, Salvadorans will have to ...