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Source: iisd Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Aaron Cosbey, Lise Johnson, Damon Vis-Dunbar, IISD, 2011. Book, 62 pages, copyright: IISD This handbook focuses on international treaties that guarantee standards of treatment for foreign investors. Today, there are literally thousands of investment treaties between governments, and many more are signed every year. Historically, developed countries pushed the agreements in order to provide an extra measure of legal protection Pacific Rim is suing El Salvador for up to hundreds of millions of dollars under the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) for not approving a mining license. Since Canada isn’t part of this agreement, Pacific Rim opened a subsidiary in Reno, Nevada. Source: Institute for Policy Studies December 15, 2011 · By John Cavanagh Undemocratic provisions in treaties enable corporations to sue governments in international tribunals over environmental, health, and other measures foreign countries take to protect the public. Today I will join leaders from the labor, environmental, faith, and human rights communities to protest in front of the World Bank. Why? We’ll be there to Source: Institute for Policy Studies December 15, 2011 · By Lacy MacAuley Over 100 people protested today at the World Bank building, as a tribunal housed inside the building decided the fate of El Salvador under the provisions of CAFTA. Over 100 people protested today at the World Bank building, as a tribunal housed inside the building decided the fate of El Salvador under Source: Inter Press Service By Barbara Doherty WASHINGTON, Dec 15, 2011 (IPS) – Protestors rallied in front of World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. today hoping to persuade a tribunal housed there to dismiss a case brought by Pacific Rim Mining Corporation against the government of El Salvador. Pacific Rim is suing El Salvador for more than 77 million dollars over the government’s refusal |
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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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