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this. autumn 2016 millions of europeans are taking to the streets we'll learn it has refused to sign the free trade agreement with canada triggering a crisis across europe. that. i am not and that the treaty negotiations brought to light a largely unknown organization international arbitration type bugles that allow multinationals to sue states.

philip morris is trying to use i.s.t.'s to stop couric away from implementing new tobacco regulations aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates of orange company sued egypt because egypt raise its minimum wage astonishingly these arbitration tribunals can oblige states to pay huge compensation $50000000000.00 by all standards this is the largest award ever to token amount of damages claimed as about $5700000000.00 if you didn't know it's no surprise the trials are held behind closed doors everything takes place in utmost secrecy. every tradition are secret i mean that's that's the purpose of an arbitration if you don't want to get cleared as is just has come from who organizes

it and who defends us. after all in the end it's we the taxpayers who pay the bill. here for you. so the office on computer fit all over for the. company it is through. to truly understand we need to penetrate a very violent system where multinationals sue our states and try to impose their laws. can leverage your critical mistral deductible this young. boy place could be a sort of feel to the debacle now you see set up just. with your great powers or just emerging all countries under gold is justice this affects our most basic rights health the environment wages and human rights we finally reveal the incredible power of international arbitration tribunals. oh

and. it's clear. 2 the fleet. 2 in columbia along the upper east river in amazonia north american mining companies are prospecting for gold at the liberal town site the sacred birthplace of 7 indigenous peoples. but in 2009 concerned about the environment the colombian state cost the $5.00 the zone as a natural park which ended the mining concession. i am

. 2 after years of negotiation attempts with the colombian. unmined in 2016 andres to mendon c.e.o. of the canadian company close the go associated with the texan company told the mining counterattacks he files an arbitration request i personally did not know of the option of international arbitration where it was always heard of the world court but we you know in my time i'd only believe that was between 2 governments that were debating things. but the ability to take our case to the international court of arbitration was a welcome relief for our shareholders to know that we don't have to depend on maybe some emotional sentiment by a judge in some rural location who is being pressured by his local. mayor.

andries of angel will seek private justice he chooses to defend himself in paris with. a business lawyer specializing in arbitration disputes. but i dare me. hello. yes and yes the lawyer me just like right there. listen 1st. yours we are past the cooling off period did not result in any kind of mediation that's the. question i was thinking of was the big schooling off periods how long is that normally somewhere into the middle course. which there's a good mating oh the 3 orbit triggers that will constituent the patrician panel

which still takes 2 weeks at least from sarah i believe columbia well the jurisdiction of the courts. to make decision on this with confidence and then we will really move. the case yeah hopefully hopefully they're crossing fingers they'll be productive i've been doing this. i suppose to see gold starts to face difficulties with this debate going on between the ministry of mines and energy and the ministry of environment we found ourselves with the good ability to work or whatever because shareholders from texas took the mining and energy motivated the company to seek. arbitration as

a way of solving this dispute of this difficulty between the colombian government as a whole and the company. skin in the team to die to do. this to move to push move on to put in you the number of limbo nationals. did you vote on an emotional moment of this new some tries it as an. it is i think we would have it but. i repeat when you can see the only steam he knew cuba. a lot should have been a mature country every. be. free trade agreements. to understand that they had to respect the agreements so that investors' money would not be lost or stolen. there was a lot of money a lot of effort and a lot of motivation from small investors getting together small investors to

combine their resources and work under the colombian government regulation it helped the ministry of mines by assets for the colombian people. and between the machine. and. the. more of the wall done in all the children from teach this to me even then. i throw in 20 these seem to fit sort out. the known. of tension in free trade agreements is the introduction of private arbitration. present in most international trade agreements this is still is supposed to guarantee a fair impartiality to foreign investors that they can defend themselves against

aid abuse or overly restrictive legislation. because it would be honest you know since ones i may do is going to. keep. if you think you know me as you do several these are different from all of those in the classroom it isn't with us. it is a mystery said. if it was just for fun some from all i'm told of folks employees and. did you feel. the need to send if you want susan's to be clinton assume. these arbitrators are not judges but business lawyers who take turns as the main arbitrator state defender or corporate defender. the connelly pain they are often seen as a true multimillionaire industry dominated by

a small elite acting in great secrecy and too often giving priority to investors. while in some cases it seems normal to compensate them is that old least in the interest of the populations involved. was. was. when we were beginning to enter the area the northern native tribes watched a tree develop the might of the southern group who was not in the might was not on the area were motivated by n.g.o.s appointed geos named and they were voted to go against the might so they try to set up sacred sites on

a map. by discussing with certain spiritual leaders that they were motivating to declare sacred sites but none of the sacred sites that they had identified are anywhere near the proposed bites a. little piece of the n.b.a. . yet on the that they did the right. they said yes but you got on the local. and would more get out of this. if they did and. then yeah monday internet own version of it but i'd like to. have a bunny on one of them. up with you all but in the lab did it and

then i will see that. they can do. that when i'm with the you can come up with nobody else. that is was. bad that i didn't see it you do it and so on a bit but does feel. if you do that i don't know what info is good it will be just as. it was at the initiative of the end shield guy amazonas that the natural park was created prohibiting gold mining on the entire indian reserve nelson ortiz a member of this ng go regularly returns to support the indians in their fight against mining is. going to trickle see. enjoyed your kids.

wait as i didn't think. for a long battle but yeah. so if i. get 98 feet out. that i'm going this wealthy man. thank. l. look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. i robot must obey the orders given to by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the 1st law show your identification for should be very careful about

artificial intelligence and the point obesity is to create trust evidence here. don't take on various shots and with artificial intelligence will summon the demon . a robot must protect its own existence as exist. and. if they do go for. it same through this t.n.c. if people did they the death the clinton family wasn't the only new

flu for looks. good about the salmon people from about 50 feet. is this one who got this thing for bunch of this to say about. nice fancy and this is some media duck is to sit see if i only knew why when an ina but up way to put money. into the chances you saw with her last year my grandma. for me for fun can do that a i used to and i used to ride by our youth and like with us you. the indigenous peoples of the forest belong to dozens of ethnic groups who share the same origin stories. the many sacred sites of this land are

its living organs. ensuring the ceremony the shoeman mentally draw is a path that connects these sites a path of healing that must remain untouched. but i waited to hear if they found a number of the thoughts of a doppler. effect and i said by this wonder brothers for a lobbyist if discipline didn't we threaten if i. had web addresses. phone all off their own teeth you. never left your folded folded it folded forward secured it up for me to. the indians have not always spoken with

a single valise. andre's mental problem is the money and a better life of some in the indigenous community the elders in general refused all mining from the start but others were tempted by rentals little gifts. to believe to. be a consultation meeting as organized the tribes gather at the traditional house of the luca their meeting place. worry by cause he goes complained they are making a manifesto for the colombian state to reaffirm their resistance to mining and to us. hey i live now and i think it's a company man and he had a case that i live and i got money i think at the time he. came out of that my god what does that have a little bit of good advice that i would have a headache america anybody here but i don't think one of us had to do good but i

did make it a good idea and then you know i think i am i have to make it you have to. get on with every thought even though you already have as he's there. in the front of the almost as the get up and there was a. lot of the noise. i think in the program we're going to. look into but i think when they started you on the mono they say you want to move the i don't want this to. happen that young. that he's going to keep the money they look at they must see. the light. that they. agreed gulf separates the world views of the indians and miners. some seek to

protect their intentional property and culture. others think only of extracting the gold in indian soil and as a potential profits. yeah age and health we were talking with jeremy and he was updating us on some of the stuff that was going on with the arbitration and that you know they were probably acting in bad faith both with in my opinion both with the 1st nations people and especially with the company on the pretext. of you know the environment so i don't . if you have any. more oil i mean. as you know the history is true. is that the fire

even used. to actually. call. off chemicals. rock out there so all. this is nothing to do with the environment circumstances whatsoever this is about power and . the so-called. charge. she said yes she did but we decided. we're talking. billions because that's the iron ore gold mine. in all of

south america i'm very. close. to where we think. is not backing off. draw. go all the way with this. we're not backing off. this is. only. dollars into

sadness for another student. to break the. lot of dollars for. this stuff like the economy just like yesterday. most of the. 6 service at what has been. established and. it's time to take action and to share this experience with other indigenous peoples . representative of the. reserve one carlos presents the manifesto to the international forum of indigenous peoples organized by the bogota state.

in addition to the indian populations this forum includes academics n.g.o.s and government members. all to support the indigenous peoples of south america in their right to be consulted before the adoption of all projects they concern them. more than 1000 people are present you broke it back they say. that this was how to get. one carlos. urges communities to organize to preserve their autonomy and resist mining and tourism projects. jessica mohammadi out because one top area that. the company's idea in. the. one carlos wants to

spread the word to a wider audience. is. all the more at the end she'll gaia he meets markel velasquez a lawyer specializing in international commercial law and human rights. oh it out by you scott i'm going to join a round i've no doubt as to this question of. how i marry this. is me in from yours does it mean to not is really here is he. was not on the. ground state department there's been a stepped up illness that took in no way to. know when is it going to swing and as you can also use canoe car as he uses between a civilian is that it's got him on the foot is a secret go around but one could look at it but after killing. him is me that brazil get open

a business this year stop putting together the ability to suppose it's going to be driving the story is that was he really. as he got in form i see on kerry in there in the lead but he's. got the victim very. very concerned by the attacks of foreign multinationals against his country monaco is writing articles and preparing a book on the subject. it. is this it in his former ph d. supervisor and hearten in toronto to discuss the upcoming trial. a specialist an intern. investment law highly critical of arbitration tribunals he has regularly intervened on the international scene sounding the alarm for years. but only in 5 of the last weeks have been like

a roller coaster in colombia and these claim. they want i wanted to talk to you about this one. to go yet ovulating case yes 16000000000 u.s. i would say 20 percent of colombia's national public budget it was quite surprising because public authorities were saying that the agreements negotiated were positive for the corn 3 and that foreign investors would never start are claiming that corn 3 in these very moment is what happened at the end why is the columbian law not good enough for these foreign investors it is not the case that colombe. are sheeps we're trying to solve our problems we're trying to become a more stable country and we have the means to do it but with these type of cases or not work force to reach durable peace are put into question it's not the 1st country to be surprised by a foreign investor claims these treaties are like

a ticking time bomb for taxpayers sooner or later they so there's not a lot of public discussion of these cases no doubt about it as well likewise i have a column in the newspaper and i tried to open the gate but the only thing i got from them was about the permanent ignorance that's because it's embarrassing to the trade department to see these treaties that they negotiated. used against the country if you're a foreign investor and you want to leverage against the government of course you would have an interest in many cases to keep it all calm. financial because i think they become financial and the government can take our financial and they can do deals. illit inec said to design new phone amount to swim they go see all 6

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