Published on 7 September 2018 in Client Alerts
In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a resolution drafted by Ecuador and South Africa to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights. Chaired by Ecuador, the intergovernmental working group (IGWG) has met three times (July 2015, October 2016 and October 2017). Elements for a draft legally binding instrument were issued by the Chair in September 2017, and a Zero Draft instrument and optional protocol were presented in July 2018 (a summary of the Zero Draft is available here). A fourth IGWG session will be held in Geneva in October 2018.
随着中国不断强调双边投资协定在保护其对外投资中的重要作用,并鼓励中国投资者运用国际法机制来保障自身权益,Volterra Fietta 受邀为这一重要倡议作出贡献。
In the past couple of decades China has become the world’s biggest overseas investor. Chinese State-Owned-Enterprises and private businesses have spent trillions of dollars in foreign investments. Inevitably, disputes arise between Chinese companies and foreign governments and business counterparties.
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Volterra Fietta has been recognised at the top tier of law firms specialising in public international law and international dispute resolution, for yet another year. These rankings continue Volterra Fietta’s uninterrupted perfect record in these global legal directories, held since it was founded in 2011.
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On 3 August 2025, Algeria adopted Law No. 25‑12 of 3 August 2025 governing mining activities, which was published in the Official Journal No. 52 on 7 August 2025 (“New Mining Law”). The law repeals the previous mining regime established under Law No. 14-05 of 24 February 2014.
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In September 2025, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (“ITLOS”) adopted amendments to its Guidelines concerning the Preparation and Presentation of Cases before the Tribunal (“Guidelines”). The revised text updates the Guidelines that the Tribunal originally adopted in 1997.
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