Reforming Damages in ISDS and the Problem of Full Reparation

A mosque is pictured against the Cairo skyline with three pyramids in the background.

The Coherence Challenge in Tackling Labour Rights Through International Investment Regulations: A case study of Egypt

A Proposal for Reforming the Calculation of Damages in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Investor–State Dispute Settlement and Fossil Fuels: What role for a carveout?

Successful Regional Investment Negotiations as a Tool for IIA Reform: A multi-identity perspective

News in Brief

EU-Angola SIFA comes into force

UNCTAD Multistakeholder platform holds its second meeting

WTO Public Forum takes place in Geneva

UNCITRAL Working Group meets again to discuss a set of reform proposals

The German Constitutional Court rejected Achmea-related complaints

European Commission challenges Hungary regarding its approach to intra-EU arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty

The EU, Euratom, and Member States deny benefits to Russian and Belarussian investors under the ECT

IISD developed a model inter se agreement to neutralize the ECT sunset clause

EU withdrawal from ECT

UK withdraws from ECT, as does Ireland

Awards and Decisions

South32 v. Colombia

Páramos protection-related case decided in favour of Colombia, this time

ICSID tribunal rules that emission trading allowances do not constitute “protected” investments under NAFTA

ICSID tribunal concludes Bulgaria breached the ECT through frustration of legitimate expectations and awards damages. Will this award push Bulgaria toward withdrawing from the ECT?

Clarification of the legitimate expectations of investors in relation to the stability of regulatory frameworks

Another tribunal to reject the Achmea-based jurisdictional objection

UNCITRAL tribunal finds Russia liable to pay USD 207.8 million for the unlawful expropriation of the assets of a Ukrainian electricity company