Do international trade and investment agreements generate regulatory chill in public health policymaking? A case study of nutrition and alcohol policy in South Africa [PDF]
Background Trade and health scholars have raised concern that international trade and particularly investment disputes may be used by transnational health harmful commodity corporations (THCCs) to effectively generate public health regulatory chill.
Penelope Milsom +3 more
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Is It Time to Say Farewell to the ISDS System?; Comment on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?” [PDF]
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) continues to plague health-oriented government regulation. This is particularly reflected in recent challenges to tobacco control measures through bilateral investment agreements.
Raphael Lencucha
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International investment liberalization, transnational corporations and NCD prevention policy non-decisions: a realist review on the political economy of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food [PDF]
Background Public health concerns relating to international investment liberalization have centred on the potential for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)-related regulatory chill.
Penelope Milsom +3 more
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COVID-19 and a Window of Opportunity: Guiding Principles for a Health-Promoting Trade Agenda [PDF]
Joshua S. Yang +3 more
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International commercial arbitration law and practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Lessons from investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform [PDF]
International arbitration, both commercial and investment, is generating increasing interest and practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as more generally in the Western Balkans region.
Brodlija Fahira
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The counterclaim institute is one of crucial legal defense options during the dispute settlement in domestic and international jurisdictions; investment arbitration is not an exception. The most famous dispute settlement platform is International centre
Olexandr Vasiliovich Serdiuk +1 more
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Private Counsel and the Proposed Reforms of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) [PDF]
This chapter examines the impact that ISDS reforms will have on counsel’s activities. More specifically, it discusses two specific amendments namely the establishment of an Advisory Centre on Investment Law (ACIL) and the elaboration of a code of conduct -using the example of the CETA.
Ziegler, Andreas R., Kabre, Jonathan R.
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(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2021 6(1), 645-673 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. EU and a reformed international investment order. - II.1. Post-Lisbon intra-EU developments and traditional
Arman Melikyan
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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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Bilateral Investment Treaties - a Potential Trap for Developing Economies: A Lesson from Thailand [PDF]
There is a growing concern amongst both developing and developed countries concerning the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) awards on the ability of a government to act in the best interest of its citizens.
Robert Brian Smith +1 more
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