The Bilateral Investment Treaties and the cases at ICSID: The Argentine experience at the beginning of the XXI century
The Bilateral Investment Treaties and the cases at ICSID: The Argentine experience at the beginning of the XXI century
Ricardo Ortíz (FOCO)
FOCO - Foro Ciudadano de Partcipación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos, Argentina
http://www.inpade.org.ar
Ed. by FDCL, Berlin
Translation by Jan Stehle, September 2006
Translation of the following study: Ricardo Ortíz (FOCO):
Los tratados bilaterales de inversiones y las demandas en el CIADI: la experiencia argentina a comienzos del siglo XXI, Abril 2006.
The Bilateral Investment Treaties and the cases at ICSID: The Argentine experience at the beginning of the XXI century
Index
1.Foreign investment and the Bilateral Investment Treaties
2.BITs in South America
3.The MERCOSUR-countries and the international arbitration courts
4.The BITs, corporate strategies and argentine economic policy
5.Main characteristics of the Bilateral Investment Treaties signed by Argentina
6.The cases against Argentina at the ICSID
7.Analysis of paradigmatic cases
8.Final considerations
Bibliography and sources
Annex 1: List of Bilateral Investment Treaties signed by the Argentine government and ratified by the Argentine National Congress
Annex 2: List of cases against Argentina at the ICSID (up to March of 2006)
This publication was made possible through the support of:
- Kooperation Eine Welt - Katholischer Fonds für weltkirchliche und entwicklungsbezogene Bildungs- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
- Stiftung Umverteilen!
This publication was made possible through the financial support of the European Community. The opinions expressed therein represent the opinion of the author and do not represent the official opinion of the European Community.
This publication was elaborated within the framework of the cooperation-project "Handel-Entwicklung-Menschenrechte" of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (hbs), the Forschungs- und Dokumentationszentrum Chile-Lateinamerika (FDCL), and the Transnational Institute (TNI). More information at:
- FDCL, Berlin: fdcl-berlin.de/de/
- TNI - Transnational Institute, Amsterdam: www.tni.org
- Fundação Heinrich Böll, Rio de Janeiro: www.boell-latinoamerica.org/pt/nav/35.htm
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Referat Lateinamerika, Berlin: www.boell.de
