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Best Practices Indirect Expropriation
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By Suzy H. Nikiema, March 2012
This paper investigates indirect expropriation in international investment law. Indirect expropriation is when the State acts in a way that is detrimental to foreign private investment, even when it is not directly targeted at an investment. The definition of indir...
CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Commerce Group Case
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Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
The Commerce Group Corporation attacked El Salvador’s environmental policies under the CAFTA when the company’s environmental permits for gold mining in Northeastern El Salvador were revoked. In 2010, the company pushed a claim of compensation from the country. ...
Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case
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Orellana et al., 2015
There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining organization, La Mesa, a coalition of community organizations, research institutions, and...
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