Bilateral Investment Treaties [PDF]
This chapter is intended to offer an overview of the main – and in many respects unique – features of BITs. It explores the potential of the largely bilateral framework for the protection of foreign investment and examines the special position foreign investors enjoy under these treaties, both in substantive and procedural terms.
Gazzini, Tarcisio +2 more
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The (Political) Economics of Bilateral Investment Treaties—The Unique Trajectory of Brazil
Brazil, after signing several traditional Bilateral Investment Treaties without ratifying them, recently shifted towards a different type of bilateral investment agreement, i.e., Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Agreements.
Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht
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The effectiveness of bilateral investment treaties in attracting foreign direct investment: The case of Serbia [PDF]
Over the past several decades there has been increasing competition among countries to attract foreign direct investment, which is often hypothesised to positively affect the development of host countries.
Kastratović Radovan, Bjelić Predrag
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Missing Calvo? Latin America’s love-hate relationship with the Investment Treaty Regime
For decades, following the views of the Argentine legal scholar Carlos Calvo, Latin American countries avoided adopting international investment treaties. The Calvo doctrine established that disputes between foreign investors and the state should only be
Lucas Silva Amorim +2 more
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Protection of foreign investments under international law is treaty-based. Investment treaties are mostly bilateral, i.e. they are concluded between two states and provide the investors of each contracting party rights to a minimum standard of treatment ...
Deniz Ergene
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NOTION OF DIRECT INVESTMENT IN NON-ICSID INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION [PDF]
In recent times, the importance of foreign investments becomes vital in the world’s economy. The mutual cooperation between developed and developing countries by signing the bilateral and multilateral treaties with its own dispute settlement mechanisms ...
Irina Chankseliani
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Missing Investment Treaties [PDF]
This article presents the situation of 'Missing Investment Treaties' (MITs), defined as those International Investment Agreements (IIAs) that have been concluded by States, but their texts (and in some cases their existence) are not publicly available or incomplete.
Polanco Lazo, Rodrigo +2 more
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Institutional Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment and Bilateral Investment Treaties [PDF]
The present study attempts to investigate the institutional factors affecting bilateral or multilateral investment treaties with regard to foreign direct investment. This is an applied research based on descriptive and correlational approach. In order to
Mostafa Heidari Haratemeh
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The International Obligations of Human Rights in Bilateral Investment Treaties [PDF]
Despite periodic efforts to codify the international rules governing flows of foreign investment in a single multilateral instrument, these rules continue to exist in a bewildering patchwork of bilateral and regional treaties which have proliferated ...
FARAZ FIROZMAND
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Reflection of Human Rights Considerations and Public Interests in Investment Treaties from the Perspective of Public Law: A Comparative Study with a Focus on Iran's Bilateral Investment Treaties [PDF]
In recent decades, international investment treaties have faced significant criticism for imposing restrictions on governmental regulatory rights and the implementation of public policies, particularly within the framework of public law related to human ...
Mohammad Adami Abarghouie +1 more
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