Sunday, Jul 29 2012 :: Rusoro Files International Arbitration Against the Venezuelan Government under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
... Request for Arbitration before the Additional Facility of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ("Venezuela") pursuant to the Agreement between the ...See all stories on this topic »...
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Sunday, Jul 29 2012 :: South American Oil Nations Rejecting Arbitration Pacts under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
Venezuela announced earlier this year that it would withdraw from the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank's international arbitration body based in Washington, D.C. President Hugo Chavez said in January ...See all stories on this topic »...
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Saturday, Jul 28 2012 :: ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of ... - ICSID - World Bank under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
The ICSID Secretariat will be offering a one-day primer on practice and procedure in ICSID Convention Arbitration in Spanish. The course will take place in Lima ...icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/FrontServlet?......
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Saturday, Jul 28 2012 :: Consent to Arbitration Through National Investment Legislation ... under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
to submit the differences, arisen from any investment or any kind of investment, to the ICSID jurisdiction.”[6]. In that sense, the 'offer to arbitrate' made under ...www.iisd.org/.../consent-to-arbitration-through-national-invest......
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Saturday, Jul 28 2012 :: Arbitration proceedings on Reko Diq blocked under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
Pakistan has also filed objections before the ICSID against the appointment of John Beechey for already being judgmental and biased against Pakistan which was apparent when the ICC twice disregarded directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.See all stories on this topic »...
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Friday, Jul 27 2012 :: Spain's Valle Verde Brings Arbitration Cases Against Venezuela to 25 under BITs (FIPAs) - Bilateral Investment Treaties (Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements)
Disputes for over $1 billion were filed against Venezuela in the final week of its membership in the World Bank's arbitration forum ICSID. MIAMI -- Venezuela, whose departure from the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment ...See all stories on this topic »Latin American Herald Tribune...
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