human rights
Lexology | 15-Apr-2013
Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“UNHRC“) in 2010 that a Turkish businessman had suffered violations of his human rights after being illegally convicted of economic crimes, a claim for compensation is now being pursued under the Turkey-Turkmenistan bilateral investment treaty (“BIT“). This case therefore highlights the interesting interaction between the human rights and investment protection regimes.
keywords:
human rights ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Türkiye ,
Turkmenistan
Transnational Dispute Management | 7-Jul-2012
Transnational Dispute Management is currently preparing a special issue on "Aligning Human Rights and Investment Protection".
keywords:
human rights ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
CETIM | 6-Aug-2010
Existe una densa trama de convenios y tratados económicos y financieros -internacionales, regionales, subregionales y bilaterales- que han suplantado los instrumentos básicos del derecho internacional y regional de los derechos humanos.
Rights & Democracy | 22-Jun-2009
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
Rights and Democracy | 21-Feb-2009
Profiles a series of lawsuits that have arisen between foreign investors and their host states — where state compliance with investment treaty obligations is in question and where human rights concerns have resulted from investment projects.
