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Source: English.hani.co.kr Apr.26,2012 Controversial KORUS FTA clause could lead to ‘legal chaos’, says top legal body » The Supreme Court document titled, “Examination Opinion on the Investor-State Dispute Resolution Procedure for the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement”. By Jung Eun-joo, staff writer The Supreme Court submitted an opinion to the government in 2006 stating that the investor-state dispute system (ISD) in the Source: The Guardian Wednesday 18 April 2012 Mark Weisbrot In taking back oil and gas company YPF, Argentina’s state is reversing past mistakes. Europe is in no position to be outraged The Argentinian government’s decision to renationalise the oil and gas company YPF has been greeted with howls of outrage, threats, forecasts of rage and ruin, and a rude bit of name-calling in Source: Friends of the Earth Posted Apr. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Bill waren “There is a silent epidemic here. The effects on the children are not easily visible, but they have all kinds of serious health problems, and those will only get worse if the smelter reopens,” says Hugo Villa, a local doctor. According to the Blacksmith Institute, a non-profit pollution think Fact Sheet of the case prepared specially for this issue. Source: Reuters.com LIMA, April 12 | Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:05pm EDT (Reuters) – A restructuring plan for Doe Run Peru’s sprawling La Oroya smelter has been rejected and creditors will look for another firm to operate it, a member of the board of creditors and the metals company’s manager said on Thursday. The smelter has been idled since 2009 because of financial difficulties Conrado Olivera told of the struggles of local communities affected by years of pollution in the La Oroya Metallurgical Complex owned by the Doe Run Peru. He spoke about these injustices in the context of an investor–state investment dispute. A system that is increasingly tying the hands of governments and their efforts to implement public interest policies. This dossier includes, among other things, a letter sent by 18 US Congresspeople to the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, requesting that the government do not defend Doe Run; and the request by NGO Oxfam America to the Peruvian government that it stand by its decision not to concede to the re-opening of the Doe Run Peru (DRP) lead smelting plant in La Oroya. [SOURCE: SIERRA CLUB CANADA] There appears to be a growing awareness in many countries, that NAFTA-style foreign investor privileges and their private “investor-state dispute system [ISD], which have been among the most controversial aspects of past US trade deals, should be rejected in trade and investment agreements, for example, into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Source: Oxfamamerica.org Apr 11, 2012 US Congress and NGOs urge Peruvian Government to keep smelter closed until company remediates site For more information, contact: Jessica Forres, Extractive Industries and Humanitarian Press Officer (202) 777-2914 (office) (202) 460-8272 (mobile) jforres@oxfamamerica.org Washington, D.C. – International humanitarian organization Oxfam America calls on Peru’s government to stand firm against reopening Doe Run lead smelter in La Oroya, one Source: Public Citizen Return to Investor-State Attacks Public Citizen and Oxfam America, in cooperation Congresswoman Linda Sánchez and Congressman Raúl Grijalva, sponsored a briefing on March 28, 2012, where congressional staff and allies heard from community leaders from El Salvador and Peru and legal experts how investor-state provisions are being used by corporations to evade environmental and human rights obligations. View Video Footage [SOURCE: INDIANEXPRESS By Subhomoy Bhattacharjee] Rattled by threats from foreign companies to drag India to international courts over breach of investment promises, the government is planning to erase a key clause in bilateral investment treaties that allows for international arbitration in order to protect itself. Source: Mineweb.com Although angry miners are protesting because of continued delays in the reopening of the La Oroya metallurgical complex, negotiations between Doe Run Peru and the Peruvian Government drag on. Author: Dorothy Kosich 4 Apr 2012 RENO (MINEWEB) - Peru’s Minister of Energy and Mines Jorge Merino Tafur says the U.S. parent of Doe Run Peru has made new demands to the Government |
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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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