COP7 and the implications for tobacco control policies

Posted by Dr. Marina Foltea
On March 13, 2017

The seventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came to a close on 12 November 2016. Over the convention’s six days in India the COP adopted a number of decisions that may influence the direction of tobacco control policies, albeit certain issues remain without resolve. Trade Pacts […]

In Courts We Trust: The EU’s Proposed International Investment Court

Posted by Dr. Barnali Choudhury
On November 24, 2015

Earlier this month, the EU released its finalised proposal for a new International Investment Court. The proposed Court is designed to replace the investor-state dispute resolution (ISDS) mechanism in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), currently being negotiated by the EU and the US, as well as serve as the new standard for dispute […]

Who Wants To Get This Bill? Third Parties Funding In The ISDS

Posted by Prof. Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
On October 9, 2015

Introduction (by Dr. Marina Foltea) The question of who pays the bill in the ISDS is an important one and it may raise certain international trade policy implications. As we all know, those bills in the ISDS can be very high, which from one hand could discourage ill-intended Parties from bringing a claim, but can […]