autumn 2016 millions of europeans are taking to the streets will 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 french 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 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. clear it 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. make any sort of key off or do this for the office on community affairs all over for the for the popular of the cost of electricity. to truly understand we need to penetrate a very violent system where multinationals sue our states and try to impose their laws. was. that. all

power can leverage your critical mr get out your whole this young. boy plus good deeds you sort of feel to the debacle now you see set up just trying to do. with or create powers or just emerging all countries under gold is just as 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. the folks.

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 government in 2016 andres rendell c.e.o. of the canadian company cozy go associated with the texan company told the mining counterattacks he files an arbitration request i personally didn't.

no of the option of international arbitration where it will 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. to mental seek profit just as he chooses to defend himself in paris with she have a nice business lawyer specializing in arbitration disputes. well i dare me. yes and yes the lawyer me just like back there.

yours we're past the cooling off period not result in any kind of mediation that said jeremy with one question i was thinking of was the cooling off period how long is that normally somewhere in the middle course. which there's a meeting all of the 3 or big critters that will constituents is there patrician panel which still takes weeks at least. i believe columbia well jurisdiction of the courts. to make decision on this but work with confidence and then we will really move to the case yeah hopefully hopefully they are crossing fingers they'll be productive. you

know. i just go see goal 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 inability to work. one of our biggest shareholders from texas toby 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. scheme unit of t $290.00. to do she it is too soon to cuckoo she moved. near the number of limbo national stadium in. an emotional moment of this news from chinese in asean i need is an inclusive if i see. and can see

it on the scene can you comment on. colombia should have been a mature country and because colombia signed the. free trade agreements need 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 and a lot of effort and a lot of motivation from small investors getting together small investors to combine our resources and work under the colombian government regulation and help the ministry of mines find assets for the colombian people to. move. to turn key which is excuse me. he'd. say far more to the wall done tell the children for you to. this to me.

that's. an on. a nearly 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 state abuse or overly restrictive legislation. because as you know so of course i may. keep. are if you think. more. of us who are.

susan's. these arbitrators are not judges but business lawyers who take turns as the main arbitrator state defender or corporate defender. highly paid they are often seen as a true multimillionaire industry dominated by a small the lead acting in great secrecy and too often giving priority to investors . while in some cases it seems normal to compensate is that always in the interest of the population involved.

when we were beginning to enter the area the northern native tribes watch a tree develop the mind of the southern group who was not in the mine who 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 tried to set up sacred sites on a map. by discussing with certain spiritual leaders that they were motivating true declare sacred sites but none of the sacred sites that they had identified are anywhere near the proposed might say. you know little bit and yet. he had owned by then they did do that and they said yes but as it is you get on the

a list. and with it and this is being perceived. they defend. the position that if i'd like you to listen to them on the little bit you may have a minute on one of them to. play you a moment that i can put if you will but in the left did i see it and then a number of people even do that in the past in the. england example on that would you please note that when i'm with that you can come up with the i guess. that is was the clue about where the phone at least that the united states that didn't see it as you did and so on that's at least the dozens of those days that is a little busy today that i don't know put simply because they don't exist i thought . it was that the in. should evolve the end she'll guy amazonas that the natural

park was created prohibiting gold mining on the entire indian reserve nelson ortiz a member of this then geo regularly returns to support the indians in their fight against mining in the. recall. enjoyed gale in one word of mouth your kids. into doing them a night in. the back. yankees and wait out. the. back door they. move. the. market 98 feet out. but i'm going this way if your man.

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a bit. but it was only for fun can we get a sort of eye you can see on our years died by i yet they look with us here on. the indigenous peoples of the forest belong to dozens of ethnic groups who share the same origin stories. in many sacred sites of this land are its living organ. sharing the ceremony the shoeman mentally draw is a path that connects these sites a path of healing that must remain untouched it. must have waited to hear it that found their faith in number one he thoughtfully and i both. it and i said by this wonder about this for a lab for use as a flume didn't we threaten me if i. had got to do research.

what i phone or both the old teeth you get been it never left your foetid filled it full. always they do that after me. the indians have not always spoken with a single voice. and race when told promised 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. a consultation meeting is organized the tribes gather at the traditional house of

the luka their meeting place. and. worry because it goes complained they are making a manifesto for the colombian state to reaffirm their resistance to mining. so they're not going to now and i think it could affect all payments and it hadn't is that private and i got mine i get it and i'm taking. him out of that but what does that come of it but if i don't buy that i would have a headache i'm not gonna be here but i don't. look at it but i do make it if i go and then i think yeah my looking at it. but everybody will know you. as is their mother. almost as good as yours a. lawyer. i think a little more going to new york and bigger but oprah where nick when they started

you want them all know this you're in with the i don't want this you. know i mean that young but i'm 100 and that most of that is going to give you more look at them . now. i. want to play that. clip. of separates the world views of the indians and miners. seek to protect their intentional property and culture. others think only of extracting the gold in indian soil and disappear tensional profits. yeah. we were talking with jeremy and he was updating us on some of the stuff that

was 'd going on with the arbitration and that you know they were probably acting in bad faith both with 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 know if you have any anything extra you know we can tell them to let our partners know down there. well i mean my opinion is that as you know and history is triggered if i. do it fire you when you get used. to actually. maybe 3 why are all. just any environmental. chemicals. rock out there so stories about holding out for our korean air. why this has nothing to do with the environment and the circumstances whatsoever this is about power and land today what i met with the so-called. chart.

i read those 2 that you know like. this is called we can do what we want. if you stand it you solicited. she said yes you did but we decided to park on their heads your last. stand there's more to. fill you because that's the biggest iron ore coal mine by in all the a copy of all south america i very positive the commies. are out going to be 60. 8. it's closer to. where we think our next trip or enough for patrician is well. i'll see cars out back off. even if i went to trial and i see any possibility of losing it all away with this and if it takes 2 years or takes 3 years back off yeah.

there was something illicit. going in for because. i know of and i know. this in the thread as you know and that is that i've done them along. the listing that is some of this you know this that unless you're not this money just the most good great then i'm one of the boys young they've not done us for monday maybe i mean there's the 3030 of them but i did get the money that was there but they missed back the isleys analysis we had money to say clinton was going to live in the us. combustibles that one of the finest who does this is the business in their lives.

it's time to take action and to share this experience with other indigenous peoples . representative of the upper east reserve one carlos' press yaddo 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. of the forums goal 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 but they say. that is what i get my

. one carlos. urges communities to organize to preserve their autonomy and resist mining and tourism projects. what i mean. out because one top area. is. the company's idea in. the. one carlos wants to spread the word to a wider audience. to at the end. he meets markel velasquez a lawyer specializing in international commercial law and human rights. to. our doubt he's going to be honored to join a round i view out as we do square. i want to marry.

me into yours those gentlemen did not is very nice here. but operate on the. grounds that the barrackers minister. in no sense. ok no way to . know when is it going to get on can. you song this canoe car as he is beginning in the race it's got him on the road what is the good part of the thing one could look at but after killing. him is how many that brazil get open a business this year is the opposite of having that ability to suppose is going to be driving the story is that was the really the idea got in for my feet on kevin durant in the lead but he's. got the victim here. very concerned by the attacks of foreign multinationals against his country monaco is writing articles and preparing a book on the subject. he

is visiting is for me a ph d. supervisor gus and hearten in toronto to discuss the upcoming trial. a specialist in international investment long 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 i mean these claim. no one i want to talk about that this one is a force a go yet of ignoring case yes 16000000000 us 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 starve or train their corn 3 in these very

moment that is what happened then why is that colombian law is not good enough for these foreign investors it is not the case that car loan. i think they 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 no work force to reach these 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 taxpayer sooner or later they so there's not a lot of public discussion of these cases not i don't like. i call them in the newspaper and i try to open the gate but the only thing i got from them was about berman and 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 confidential because if you keep it confidential and the government keeps a confidential then they can do deals. when they. say. let's look sit in an exit dodge i may do so why don't. you do you know could you be divinely good because it's us you know i think you dislike. a 50 year old kid you. don't you see 2 i don't see you next that dog isn't good but you see nothing. so you don't is that there's only.

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