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ISDS Files: AngloAmerican vs. Colombia, Glencore vs. Colombia
UK and Swiss companies are suing Colombia after a Colombian court prevented the companies from expanding a coal mine, using ISDS provisions in the UK-Colombia and Switzerland-Colombia BITs.Image
Trade and the Labour movement in the post-pandemic environment
The “free trade” regime has long been seen as an obstacle to the development of countries in the Global South. The benefits of free trade in the Global North too have come under scrutiny.
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The UK's Climate Fair Share Infographic
The UK has spent two centuries growing rich from industrialisation driven by fossil fuels, making it the sixth highest emitter of greenhouse gases of all time and the fifth richest economy in the world.Image
Report: A Just(ice) Transition is a Post-Extractive Transition
Centering the extractive frontier in climate justice
ISDS files: Lydian v Armenia
Mining company threatened to sue when protestors blockaded a gold mine and government allowed the protest to go aheadImage
The Rivers are Bleeding: British mining in Latin America
The vast expansion of British mega-mining in Latin America is displacing communities, destroying ecosystems, costing lives and polluting our planet.
ISDS files: Chevron v Ecuador
CASE NAME: CHEVRON V ECUADOR SUMMARY: US oil firm sued Ecuador after compensation ordered for devastating Amazon oil spill STATUS: Chevron won AT STAKE: UndisclosedImage
Briefing: The case against corporate courts
ISDS is an unjust mechanism that should have no place in the UK’s trade and investment policy.