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2024 PAW: In Search of the Right Balance: The interplay between Human Rights, ESG, Civil Society and Investment Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

Gregoire Bertrou turned towards the domestic level and provided an overview of recent developments in France, in particular the “duty of vigilance law” which was introduced in 2017. Suzanne Spears highlighted that protecting the right to regulate was one of the topics covered during the effort to modernize the ECT, which began in 2017.

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ASTERRA helps build a more sustainable Earth by identifying and mitigating ‘lost water’ using AWS

AWS Public Sector

Since 2017, ASTERRA has successfully verified more than 100,000 leaks, saving 368 billion gallons of water. Developers upload their application, and Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto scaling, and application health monitoring.

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Tapping into the Strategic Power of Data (E141)

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Jeff Shilling, CIO for NCI expertly points out the balance needed between statistical analytics & human deliberation to get valid results. Casey Johnson, Vice President of Digital Platforms with ICF shares the difficulty of detaching from bias and letting the data lead the way. Tune in now on your favorite Podcasting platform.

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Bringing Together Cloud Flexibility & AI Power (E194)

FedInsider

Balancing Cost and Performance: Noell Rebelez, Cloud Services Program Manager at the Department of Labor, highlights the importance of cost analysis – especially around GPU expenses – to ensure cloud investments align with your agencys mission.

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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

The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy.

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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

The ANM further reiterated this in April, August 2017, and December 2019. This behavior showed that Colombia acted with a legitimate purpose, giving meaningful consideration to competing economic, environmental, and social interests to produce a balanced policy.

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

How to Crack a Nut

The importance and positive contribution of public procurement law to the adequate management of public funds may seem difficult to appreciate in ordinary times, and there are recurrent calls for a reduction of the administrative burden and bureaucracy related to procurement procedures, checks and balances.