Economic experts indicate that the investment prospects in Latin America and the Caribbean are not positive. They attribute the general negative trend in Latin America to a set of factors such as the continued economic recession, falling commodity prices, higher currency volatility, and...

Spanish Abstract: Este capítulo reflexiona sobre el mecanismo de recusación de los árbitros que dirimen las reclamaciones derivadas de inversiones internacionales en el marco del Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI). Más concretamente, el capítulo...

This article reflects on the suitability of including non-legal arbitrators in certain investment arbitrations. It presents different mechanisms that have been used in the investment arbitration context to aid legal arbitrators with scientific-technical issues and contemplates the drawbacks of...

This article begins by presenting some recent statistical data on rule of law, investment, and corruption in Venezuela. It focuses afterwards on analysing the 2014 Venezuelan Anti-Corruption Law, and it develops various arguments that may lead to question this Law´s real objectives from an...

This article begins by presenting some recent statistical data on rule of law, investment, and corruption in Venezuela. It focuses afterwards on analysing the 2014 Venezuelan Anti-Corruption Law, and it develops various arguments that may lead to question this Law ́s real objectives from an...

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo reflexiona sobre la política de la Unión Europea en materia de inversión extranjera directa. También señala algunas características y deficits de TTIP y CETA en materia de IISD

Spanish Abstract: La idea de crear el Centro de Solución de Controversias en Materia de Inversiones de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR) (Centro) surgió a partir del año 2008. Ecuador, país miembro de UNASUR que en el año 2009 denunció el Convenio del Convenio sobre Arreglo de...

The idea of creating the Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (Centre) of the Union of South American Nations (in Spanish, UNASUR) emerged in 2008. Ecuador, a UNASUR member state, denounced the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other...

In recent years, the negotiation and conclusion of international investment agreements (IIAs) in Latin America has gone hand-in-hand with a rethinking of investment standards and the elaboration of new IIA models. This is evident, among others, in Brazil’s cooperation and facilitation...

This commentary focuses on Article 8.30 CETA, which is entitled ‘Ethics’ and sets ethical rules for the Members of the CETA Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal. The European Commission presents this precept in a succinct paragraph, highlighting the key issues addressed and the main novelties...