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Source: Corporate Europe Observatory PRESS RELEASE Spanish MEP Zalba Bidegain again happy to act as a puppet for outside interests Brussels, 31 March 2011 – EU member states – and taxpayers – are risking legal action from foreign companies as a result of new international investment policies currently being discussed by the EU. A new report by Corporate Europe Observatory, Investment Rights Stifle Democracy, Source: inquirer.net By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr. Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 08:54:00 03/28/2011 Filed Under: Litigation & Regulations, Government Contracts MANILA, Philippines—The House of Representatives will investigate the “atrociously” high legal fees amounting to $56 million (about P2.3 billion) racked up by the Philippine government in its long-running dispute with German airport operator Fraport and its local partner Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Source: The Tyee He set a precedent, making us pay foreign investors if we stop giving them access to publicly owned resources. By Scott Sinclair, 25 Mar 2011, TheTyee.ca Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing? That’s a question the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador — and of resource-rich British Columbia — should be asking themselves in the aftermath of Source: CCPA by Scott Sinclair National Office | Commentary and Fact Sheets Issue(s): Corporations and corporate power, International trade & investment, Deep integration Projects & Initiatives: Trade and Investment Research Project March 22, 2011 Why should a provincial government be punished for doing the right thing? That’s a question the citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador – and all Canadians – should be asking Source: CISPES Thursday, 17 March 2011 ** For immediate release ** Contact: Steve Watrous, Midwest Coalition against Lethal Mining, (414) 429-7567 Alexis Stoumbelis, Committee in Solidarity with the people of El Salvador (202) 521-2510 ext. 205 International community continues to demand reparations for environmental damage Washington, DC: On March 15, 2011, a tribunal at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Source: CIPES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2011 Contact: Elizabeth Wagner (202) 548-4595 Statement of Sierra Club’s Rachel Ackoff, Associate Washington Representative, on CAFTA Challenge to El Salvador’s Environmental, Public Health Policies Washington – Sierra Club released the following statement on yesterday’s CAFTA ruling, which dismisses on a technicality a mining corporation’s challenge to El Salvador’s environmental, public health policies that will still cost Source: Council of Canadians Council of Canadians Board member and trade lawyer Steven Shrybman presented to Parliament’s Trade committee today arguing that the record-setting $130-million NAFTA settlement with AbitibiBowater has effectively privatized Canada’s water by allowing foreign investors to assert a proprietary claim to water permits and even water in its natural state. “It would be difficult to overstate the consequences of such a profound Source: Institute for Policy Studies March 3, 2011 · By Manuel Perez-Rocha NAFTA undercuts Mexico’s ability to control a sudden influx of volatile financial investment. The headlines out of Mexico these days are dominated by the fiery violence related to the war on drugs. Mexico’s economy is also heating up in ways that are extremely dangerous to the future of the country. In the Source: Public Citizen March 02, 2011 The award in agribusiness giant Cargill’s NAFTA investor-state attack on Mexico’s jobs program was published last week. The short version: a tribunal of three unelected judges determined that Mexico’s efforts to save or create jobs for campesinos in the sugar sector were a violation of NAFTA. Mexico’s taxpayers were ordered to cough up over $77 million plus interest, Source: CIEL ** For immediate release (also available in Spanish) Contact: Dr. Marcos Orellana, Center for International Environmental Law, (202) 742-5847 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (202) 742-5847 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, or morellana@ciel.org. Washington, DC: On March 2, 2011, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), on behalf of civil society organizations of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica (Mesa), filed an amicus curiae brief in the Pac |
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How they threaten communities and the environment, and how we can change them.
We provide this documentation from the ICSID web page for a critical analysis. It includes the list of cases that this tribunal has filed and managed historically and until 2009.
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