25/06/24 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 25 June, the Council of the EU adopted a decision on signing the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, also known as the ‘Mauritius Convention on Transparency’, which covers investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). This convention facilitates the application of the transparency rules for international trade law (i.e. UNCITRAL rules) to investment treaties concluded before 1 April 2014 and guarantees the public, civil organisations, and non-governmental organisations access to documents. Around 1,200 agreements involving EU Member States fall within the scope of the convention. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is the only treaty covered at the EU level. (IS)