ITN Quarterly | June 24, 2021

ITN June 2021

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Insights

Virtual negotiations: Lessons from a survey of JSI and UNCITRAL negotiators. By Taylor St John and Zoe Williams
An interview with Nicolás Perrone on Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination: How Foreign Investors Play By Their Own Rules. By Nicolás M Perrone
Stabilization clauses and implications for human rights and gender equality. By Sangwani Patrick Ng’ambi
Energy Charter Treaty reform: Why withdrawal is an option. By Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Lukas Schaugg, and Amandine Van den Berghe

Progress is made in Structured Discussions on investment facilitation
UNCITRAL WGIII reconvenes to discuss work and resourcing plan; civil society observers raise concerns
Outlook for the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment unclear, as EU Parliament votes to suspend ratification efforts
European energy disputes update
Canada publishes 2021 Model Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement

Tribunal rules in favour of claimants in another Spanish solar dispute; Dissenting arbitrator argues that tribunal nonetheless over-emphasized Spain’s “right to regulate.” By Lukas Schaugg