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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"ISDS"”.
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Reforming investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS): European Union flexing its normative power?
… of reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (‘ISDS’) in the form of the European Commission’s (‘Commission’) proposals on the Investment Court System (‘ICS’). The EU has emerged as a major player in international investment, and the EU is pursuing reform of ISDS in its new generation of trade …
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The scope for strengthening the procedural rights of third party groups in ISDS
… in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) processes despite the negative impact on their livelihood and environment. The absence of third-party rights in ISDS has culminated in a debate, reflected in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) discussions, on …
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Partisan politics and the resolution of international economic disputes
… states settle investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims more frequently than others? Prior research suggests that ISDS claim type and domestic political events influence a respondent state’s decision to settle. This dissertation investigates how government partisanship shapes settlement …
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Investointiriitojen ratkaisemiseen tarkoitetut investointituomioistuinjärjestelmät ja prosessi kohti monenvälistä institutionaalista mallia
… välisten riitojen riidanratkaisujärjestelmä (”ISDS-järjestelmä”) on ollut voimakkaan kritiikin kohteena etenkin 2000-luvulla. Tämän kritiikin puitteissa ISDS-järjestelmän legitimiteetti on kyseenalaistettu varsin kokonaisvaltaisesti. Yhtäältä kyse on institutionaalisesta ja menettelyllisestä …
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Solutions to investor-state dispute settlement : Republic of South Africa vis-à-vis Australia
… conventional investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime limits a host-state's space to make regulations under public policy. Consequently, the paper makes recommendations on viable solutions that countries can implement as solutions to the ISDS problems. In order to conduct the study, this …
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Food Allergy Risk Mitigation in Texas Independent School Districts
… in children. Texas Independent School Districts (ISDs) may follow a combination of several criteria regarding preventing and mitigating negative health impacts due to food allergies in schools, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria; but by law the minimum guidelines …
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Rage against the regime: Policy responses to international investment arbitration
… know as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)--has provoked a regime-wide reassertion of states' autonomy to regulate foreign investment under investment treaties. However, states have embarked on this process in different ways and to different extents. While some have become more …
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Towards a more effective legal framework for investor-state arbitration in Nigeria
… against the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system in recent times. Amongst other complaints, critics have argued that the ISDS whittles down the regulatory powers of states in favour of private adjudicators. These criticisms are premised on the fact that unlike commercial arbitration, …
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POTESTÀ REGOLAMENTARE E DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE DEGLI INVESTIMENTI: LA TUTELA DELL¿AMBIENTE TRA CRISI DI LEGITTIMITÀ E PROPOSTE DI RIFORMA
… a while, the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism was rarely used. Since the 1990s, however, its application has significantly increased, thereby revealing certain shortcomings and raising doubts as to its suitability for resolving disputes involving matters of public interest. In …
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When Monday Comes: Exclusionary Discipline for African Americans, Hispanics, Students with Disabilities, and Students from Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds in the State of Texas
… race/ethnicity within Region 4’s five largest (ISDs) from 2017–2018?. Methods: This study was quantitative and relied on a descriptive research design to analyze variables of interest. Data was retrieved electronically from Texas Education Agency (TEA) and examined discipline practices across …
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Immigrant Risk, Self-Discontinuity, and the Role of Nostalgia
… for the Immigrant Self-Discontinuity Scale (ISDS), which was pre-tested with 8 target population raters. Part 2) A total of 302 foreign-born, voluntary, lawful immigrant adults participated in an online self-report study. <strong>Results:</strong> Part 1) Target population raters provided …
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Concepts of proportionality in investment protection of patents and access to health resources
… through the investor-state dispute mechanism (“ISDS”). A measure can be subject to a review of arbitral tribunals even though such measure serves the public interest. The ISDS system imposes an additional legal layer for states. Such layer can hinder the rights to have a healthy life, rights to …
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The interaction between public procurement policies and international investment agreements: challenges and legal implications in Kenya and South Africa
… recourse to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms to resolve disputes with a host country. While IIAs are designed to promote FDI, this research hypothesises that IIAs significantly constrict the ability of Kenya and RSA to use social policies in their public procurement framework …
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Rethinking Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reforms
… investment court parallel with the current ISDS system by studying the establishment of the Arab Investment Court from 2003 to the present. The second test will examine the effect of the European Court's 2018 decision in Slovakia v. Achmea on the intra-EU flow of investment.</p> <p>Chapter 2 …
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Developing Guidelines for Collaborative Spaces Supporting Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Teams
… and 2) interaction strategy design support (ISDS) procedures to be used during phase 2. Phase 2 was a laboratory-based 2x2 experimental study with physical room condition (Kiva vs. conference room) and interaction strategy design support (present vs. absent) as independent variables. The …
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Towards a New Energy Charter: Re-imagining International Investment Treaties for a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
… such as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), are redesigned to support, rather than hinder, climate action and local value creation.
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Objectively Defining Scenario Complexity: Towards Automated, Adaptive Scenario-Based Training
… SC algorithm to enable Educators and Trainers, ISDs, and software engineers to objectively and computationally define SC. The research process included a period of instruction for Subject Matter Experts (SME) to receive instruction on how to identify the base variables that comprise SC. Using …