Estabilización

Diligencia Debida del Inversor y el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía

Las negociaciones para la modernización del Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía están programadas para comenzar este año y ya se han anunciado una serie de temas para consideración de las partes. Este artículo examina las posibilidades de actualizar la presente formulación del TJE en el TCE y analiza cómo este estándar ha sido interpretado en arbitrajes pasados que involucran controversias relativas a las energías renovables. La autora se expresa a favor de incluir un requisito de diligencia debida, para ayudar a garantizar que los inversores se anticipen a los posibles riesgos que surgen de cambios en el marco regulatorio de los Estados.

ITN  |  julio 12, 2011

Awards and Decisions

Swiss claimant fails jurisdictional stage for not qualifying as an ‘investor’ Alps Finance and Trade AG v. Slovak Republic Damon Vis-Dunbar A claim against the government of Slovakia has failed […]

Freezing government policy: Stabilization clauses in investment contracts

To a significant extent the site of debate about the terms of globalization and its relationship to the regulatory state has shifted from the World Trade Organization to the world of investment treaties and arbitration. Investment treaties typically confer on a foreign investor a right to sue a host state that has allegedly failed to comply with a number of substantive obligations, typical among them the requirement to compensate for expropriation, fair and equitable treatment, and national treatment.

A global thirst: How water is driving the new wave of foreign investment in farmland

It is no longer a secret that there is a new wave of foreign investment in farmland, predominantly in Africa. An explosion of media reports and a series of studies by the World Bank, Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have confirmed the scale and consequences of this new influx of foreign investment. The World Bank report, by far the most comprehensive, found that reported deals amounted to 45 million hectares in 2009 alone.

ITN  |  noviembre 21, 2008

Report says Tanzania is signing bad deals with foreign mining companies

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 21 November 2008 Tanzania is losing large amounts of money from foreign investment in the mining sector due to low royalty rates and generous tax exemptions, while […]

ITN  |  septiembre 22, 2008

Se garantiza estabilidad impositiva a inversores extranjeros en Perú

Por Elizabeth Whitsitt 29 de Agosto de 2008 En uno de los dos laudos dictados por el CIADI en agosto donde la firma estadounidense Duke Energy se encuentra involucrada, un […]