About the Project The Network for Justice in Global Investment is a joint effort by citizens and organizations in a variety of countries to challenge one of the most anti-democratic aspects of the global economic order – the rules governing international investment. Read More. |
By Cecilia Olivet – Transnational Institute / April, 2013 / On 22 April, government representatives from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, St. Vincent and Grenadine, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico met in Guayaquil (Ecuador) for the 1st Ministerial Meeting of the Latin American States affected by transnational interests.
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Corporate Europe Observatory, the Council of Canadians and the Transnational Institute / Source: Corporateeurope.org / May 6, 2013 / PRESS RELEASE. The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada would grant energy companies far-reaching rights to challenge bans and regulations of environmentally damaging shale gas development (fracking), a new briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory, The Council of Canadians and the Transnational Institute shows.
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Source: Stopesmining.org / April 3, 2013 / Canadian mining company Pacific Rim has announced it will increase to US $315 million its demand against the Salvadoran Government for failing to grant a license to exploit gold in the El Dorado mine in its northern department of Cabañas. Pacific Rim is suing under Salvadoran Investment Laws after the ICSID tribunal dismissed their case to sue under the US, Central America Free Trade Agreement, CAFTA-DR.
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The ICSID Caseload – Statistics 
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.
Pending & Concluded Cases
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How they threaten communities and the environment, and how we can change them.
