Dr. Yamina Saheb:

I am not an expert on ISDS cases but I am an energy policy expert and I am used to playing with energy data. As a citizen, when I discovered the investor-state dispute settlement - it was not related to the energy sector and was something else in France - I got a shock when I understood that we had this parallel justice system in our countries. I searched a little as to how we ended up with this system. It seems that when we decolonised our formal colonies, we created this system to continue colonialism in another way. For me, ISDS is a continuation of colonialism that is today applied to us in Europe, as citizens. It is something we cannot explain to citizens. When I try to explain to my students, they are shocked. My other colleague is an expert and a lawyer so he knows better.