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Democracies cooperate more: Even where it threatens to bite? [PDF]
Estimating two-step selection models, we find that more democratic governments are more likely to conclude preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and to agree to stricter investment provisions related to pre-establishment national treatment and investor ...
Hühne, Philipp +3 more
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This article explores digitalization’s impacts on the existing international investment law regime. In particular, it examines whether international investment agreements (IIAs) apply to the digital economy, analyzing their scope of application ...
Rodrigo Polanco
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Investor-State vs. State-State Dispute Settlement [PDF]
International investment agreements have provoked intense criticism in the policy debate during recent years. Particularly contentious has been their "ISDS" mechanisms, which enable investors to litigate against host countries. This paper examines whether host countries would be better o¤ with state-state dispute settlement (SSDS), as often alleged ...
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Posiciones y debates en torno a los mecanismos de solución de controversias inversor – Estado [PDF]
Investor – State dispute settlement mechanisms, that are part of more than 3000 bilateral investment treaties and other legal instruments, have been the center of numerous critics during the last years. Therefore, firstly this paper analyses the risks of
Bas Vilizzio, Magdalena
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Ex Pluribus Unum? On The Form and Shape of a Common Code of Ethics in International Litigation
In April 2019, member-states of UNCITRAL Working Group III requested the UNCITRAL Secretariat to undertake preparatory work for a Code of Conduct for Investor-State Dispute Settlement focusing on the implementation and enforceability of such a code. This
Chiara Giorgetti, Jeffrey L. Dunoff
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The international investment regime is in crisis, nowhere more so than in regard to the investor–state dispute settlement system. While several developing countries have been critical of the system for some time, rich countries like the US and EU states ...
Álvaro Santos
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Mediation in Future Investor–State Dispute Settlement
Abstract Mediation is an intensely discussed topic as a possibly promising venue for investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) and conflict prevention. Given that mediation can be used within ‘cooling-off’ (amicable settlement) periods in International Investment Agreements, this article takes stock of those as well as explicit mediation ...
Catherine Kessedjian +4 more
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The Role of International Investment Agreements [PDF]
This paper analyzes the legitimacy of investor-state arbitration under international investment agreements in sovereign debt restructuring. The paper presents mechanisms governing sovereign default generally, namely collective action clauses and informal
Brahms, Lisa
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The investor-state arbitration legitimacy crisis: Could AI be its future savior (or resurrector)? [PDF]
The world of arbitration has not escaped the all-pervading impact of AI. Stakeholders are not only assessing the current impact of AI on the practice of arbitration but also speculating on its future role.
Dar Wasiq, Praštalo Boris
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NEW APPROACHES TO THE REFORM OF INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Introduction. In light of the ongoing UN discussions over the investor-state dispute settlement reform, this article offers readers an opportunity to develop an understanding of not only the current reform process, but also of the directions of reforms ...
A. V. Soloveva
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