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Is it possible that the article is describing private settlements made in lieu of an official punishment, or would those have also showed up in your search (due
by 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
Is it possible that the article is describing private settlements made in lieu of an official punishment, or would those have also showed up in your search (due to e.g. some kind of transparency requirement)?
- tptacek 10y agoI assume that's exactly what it must be, because, of course, ISDS tribunals are just collections of lawyers and have no authority to vacate sentences. But the UNCTAD site tracks cases that are pending and cases that are discontinued along with the cases in which investors win, and I can't find any with a fact pattern backing up Buzzfeed's precis. I don't think Buzzfeed just made it up! But the way they've written it up, they are making an extraordinary claim, so the message board nerd in me wants to see, you know, some evidence?