Introduction

On March 26, 2007, CIEL and partner NGOs filed an amicus curiae brief in the Biwater-Tanzania case. This investment dispute before an ICSID Tribunal is at the heart of the controversy between the Tanzanian Government and a foreign investor concerning the provision of water services in Dar es Salaam from 2003 until 2005. The Tanzanian government announced in May 2005 that it had terminated its contract with City Water because the company had failed in its promise to provide clean drinking water to millions of people in Dar es Salaam. Biwater, the UK-based ...