For the first time ever, progress is being made at the United Nations for a binging legal instrument that would hold corporations accountable for human rights violations.
Lauge Poulsen is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at University College London. His recent book explains why and how developing countries signed up to investment treaties.
¿Qué son los tribunales de arbitraje? ¿A quién benefician? ¿Pueden poner a un estado bajo las cuerdas? ¿Desde cuándo existen? ¿Qué papel juegan en las negociaciones del TTIP?
Professor Gus Van Harten, Osgoode Hall Law School, and Rupert Schlegelmilch, European Commission, Directorate General for Trade discuss the European Commission’s proposed “Investment Court System”.