arbitration

Oil Giants Punish Venezuela through Dutch treaty

By Frank Mulder
Venezuela doesn't want investment treaties anymore if they give investors the right to drag the country before a commercial court. "The system has been set up to break down the nation-state."

French firm attacks Ugandan tax using ISDS

By Edward Ronald Segyawa and Frank Mulder
The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: "Why have we ever signed this?"

Opinion: Crisis, Emergency Measures and Failure of the ISDS System: The Case of Argentina

By Federico Lavopa
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system has come under increasing criticism in recent years.


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