... “they have political weight globally and are important ways to increase power”. A statement describing the human right violations of Pacific Rim-Oceana Gold was then submitted to the United Nations Human ...
... on its future profits and attempted to increase the lawsuit against the country to US$301 million — equivalent to three years of El Salvador’s public spending on health, education and public security combined. ...
... called for the renegotiation of NAFTA to (as he puts it) help U.S. workers.
So far, the media focus has been on Trump's suggestion that he wants to increase tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico. But NAFTA ...
... and gave the reason to El Salvador. Far from complying with the ICSID resolution, and in a clear insult to the resolution of the Court and the Salvadoran people, Pacific Rim / Oceana Gold has increased ...
... human rights and increase this protection - that is, to generate legal and extra-legal mechanisms that will level the playing field.
There is no doubt that the case in question illustrates several factors ...
... had with its counterpart, the mining company would be considering to request the annulment of the case, in the same ICSID court.
Keeping alive the case could take at least two years and increase the costs ...
... in Managua last August, false.
III. That the Salvadoran population has increased its awareness and rejection of metal mining as was demonstrated by the results of a recent survey conducted by the Central ...
... thought to be beneficial for the investor and the host state in terms of economic growth, increased foreign investment and development, many host states have suffered negative consequences instead of benefiting ...
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In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...
... tribunals and demand compensation. There is increased opposition to the expansion of ISDS through the TAFTA, or Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, and the Obama administration recently published a justification ...