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UN business and human rights treaty negotiations continue: one step forward, two steps back?
AFCFTA PROTOCOL: REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTION FOR INVESTORS
DJIBOUTI BECOMES 163RD SIGNATORY OF THE ICSID CONVENTION
The Republic of Djibouti is the latest country to become a signatory to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and …
ICSID Tribunal declines jurisdiction due to claimants' failure to obtain environmental impact assessment in breach of local law
In a recent investment arbitration Award, in Cortec Mining v Kenya, an ICSID tribunal has declined jurisdiction over a claim brought by a trio of mining …
Upheaval and uncertainty in mineral regulation in parts of Africa: resurgence of resource nationalism highlights the importance of investment treaty protections
The last few months have seen significant changes to mining regulations in various African states, giving rise to a concern that a regional trend of …
ITLOS rules in favour of Ghana in long-standing maritime dispute with Côte d'Ivoire
On 23 September 2017, a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its judgment on the longstanding maritime …
Is the recently signed Morocco-Nigeria BIT a step towards a more balanced form of intra-African investor protection?
On 3 December 2016, Morocco and Nigeria signed a new bilateral investment treaty (the "BIT"), with the overarching aim of strengthening "the bonds of …
New dispute resolution rules for foreign investors in South Africa
South Africa’s draft regulations for investor-state mediation require refinement to work effectively with international arbitration. Interested parties …
EU trade agreement enters into effect with five southern African countries
On 10 June 2016 the EU signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the Southern Africa Development Community EPA Group comprising Botswana, …
Doing business in Africa: human rights and crisis management
Stéphane Brabant, Partner, and Yann Alix, Senior Associate, have published an article on doing business in Africa, focussing on the need …
New Investor's Guide to Sierra Leone launched at UN on 10 July 2015
Herbert Smith Freehills, together with the assistance of Standard Chartered and Prudential plc, has produced an Investor's Guide to Sierra Leone. The …
High Court rules that payment under a guarantee would breach EU Libya sanctions regime, and considers contractual exemption provisions
In a recent judgment, the English High Court has considered some of the exemption language commonly found in EU sanctions regimes which is applicable to …
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