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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability.

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Einarsson v Canada and Data as Asset in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Kluwer Arbitration

GSI was engaged in extensive litigation in Canada from 2007 to 2017 against authorities and third parties, alleging violations of copyright and trade secrets by Canadian authorities’ disclosure of GSI’s seismic data to third parties (for a more extensive account of the facts, see here ).

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Recent Decision of the General Assembly of the Dubai Court of Cassation Brings the Consequences of Non-payment of Arbitration Costs in DIAC Arbitration in Line with International Best Practice: Long Live the General Assembly!

Kluwer Arbitration

In other words, a failure of the arbitrating parties to make full payment on account of the DIAC arbitration costs would be considered a waiver of the arbitration obligation, terminate the underlying arbitration process, and trigger the general jurisdiction of the Dubai Courts to hear the Parties’ dispute. .”

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Glencore v. Bolivia: A Long-Awaited Award Finds Expropriation and FET Breaches by the State

Kluwer Arbitration

The analysis must be conducted on a case-by-case basis, assessing the reasonableness of Bolivia’s conduct in the specific circumstances and taking into account the country’s resources. The Tribunal noted that due diligence should not be construed as a warranty that property will never be occupied or disturbed.

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

937, which adopted the cartographic information of a 2007 Páramo Atlas to identify and delimit Colombian páramos. Under Law 1382, the páramo area shall be identified by the cartographic information provided by the Alexander Von Humboldt Investigation Institute (“Von Humboldt Institute”).

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Red Eagle v. Colombia: Colombia’s Decisions to Protect Páramos Do Not Constitute a Violation of the Minimum Standard of Treatment vis-à-vis an Investor with No Vested Right

Kluwer Arbitration

937, which adopted the cartographic information of a 2007 Páramo Atlas to identify and delimit Colombian páramos. Under Law 1382, the páramo area shall be identified by the cartographic information provided by the Alexander Von Humboldt Investigation Institute (“Von Humboldt Institute”).

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Brexit 2.0: The United Kingdom Leaves the Energy Charter Treaty

Kluwer Arbitration

And so is their interplay (for a more detailed account of the relevant questions, see Kehl & Wuschka, ZEuS 2024 , 59 (67 et seq.)). This post addresses the legal parameters for the UK’s withdrawal and its interaction with the modernization efforts.