International Investment Law and the Law of Armed Conflict

International Investment Law and the Law of Armed Conflict

Author: Katia Fach Gómez

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-08-05

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 3030107469

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Assessing the extent to which armed conflict impacts the obligations that states have towards foreign investors and their investments under international investment treaties requires considering a wide range of issues, many of which are systemic in nature. These include substantive and procedural topics, not only with regard to international investment law, but also concerning the law on the use of force, international humanitarian law and human rights law, the law of treaties, the law of state responsibility and the law of state succession.This volume provides an in-depth assessment of the overlap between international investment law and the law of armed conflict by charting the terrain of the multifaceted and complex relationship between these two fields of public international law, fostering debate and offering novel perspectives on the matter.


The Protection of Foreign Investment in Times of Armed Conflict

The Protection of Foreign Investment in Times of Armed Conflict

Author: Jure Zrilic

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0198830378

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Foreign investors often sustain injuries during international armed conflicts. This book sets out to explore how effective investment treaty protections really are. It designs an analytical framework that purports to explain and evaluate how effective and appropriate the application of the investment treaty regime is in times of armed conflict.


Investment Law within International Law

Investment Law within International Law

Author: Freya Baetens

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 1107434912

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Developments within various sub-fields of international law influence international investment law, but changes in investment law also have an impact on the evolution of other fields within international law. Through contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this book analyses specific links between investment law and other sub-fields of international law such as the law on armed conflict, human rights, sustainable development, trade, development and EU law. In particular, this book scrutinises how concepts, principles and rules developed in the context of such sub-fields could inform the content of investment law. Solutions aimed at resolving problems in other settings may provide instructive examples for addressing current problems in the field of investment law, and vice versa. The underlying question is whether key sub-fields of public international law, notably international investment law, are open to cross-fertilisation, or, whether they are evolving further into self-contained regimes.


Investments in Conflict Zones

Investments in Conflict Zones

Author: Tobias Ackermann

Publisher: Nijhoff International Investme

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 9789004442801

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Investments in Conflict Zones' addresses the topical and underexplored role of international investment law in armed conflicts, disputed territories, and 'frozen' conflicts. The edited collection explores how these different conflict situations impact the application and interpretation of international investment law and how the protection of investors can be reconciled with the politically charged circumstances and state interests involved. Written by a selected group of experts from different fields of international law, the volume moves beyond the confines of investment law, offering novel insights on its intersection with the law of armed conflict, human rights law, the law of the sea, general international law and national laws, including those adopted by de facto regimes which lack recognition as states.


The Effects of Armed Conflict on Investment Treaties

The Effects of Armed Conflict on Investment Treaties

Author: Tobias Ackermann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1009207830

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The book explores the effects of armed conflict and international humanitarian law on the interpretation and application of investment treaties.


An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts

An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts

Author: Robert Kolb

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2008-09-17

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1847314600

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This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study. The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia: the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello; Historical Evolution of IHL; Basic Principles and Sources of IHL; Martens Clause; International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL; Special Agreements under IHL; Role of the ICRC; Targeting; Objects Specifically Protected against Attack; Prohibited Weapons; Perfidy; Reprisals; Assistance of the Wounded and Sick; Definition of Combatants; Protection of Prisoners of War; Protection of Civilians; Occupied Territories; Protective Emblems; Sea Warfare; Neutrality; Implementation of IHL.


Fair and Equitable Treatment

Fair and Equitable Treatment

Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789211128277

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"In recent years, the concept of fair and equitable treatment has assumed prominence in investment relations between States. While the earliest proposals that made reference to this standard of treatment for investment are contained in various multilateral efforts in the period immediately following World War II, the bulk of the State practice incorporating the standard is to be found in bilateral investment treaties which have become a central feature in international investment relations. In essence, the fair and equitable standard provides a yardstick by which relations between foreign direct investors and Governments of capital-importing countries may be assessed. It also acts as a signal from capital-importing countries, for it indicates, at the very least, a State's willingness to accommodate foreign capital on terms that take into account the interests of the investor in fairness and equity."--Provided by publisher.


A Guide to State Succession in International Investment Law

A Guide to State Succession in International Investment Law

Author: Patrick Dumberry

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018-07-27

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 1788116615

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A Guide to State Succession in International Investment Law provides a comprehensive analysis of State succession issues arising in the context of international investment law. The author examines whether a successor State is bound by the investment treaties and State contracts which the predecessor State had signed with other States and foreign investors before the date of succession. Actors who are called upon to apply rules of State succession in investment arbitration cases will find this book a valuable source of practical guidance with strong theoretical foundations.


Commentaries on Selected Model Investment Treaties

Commentaries on Selected Model Investment Treaties

Author: Chester Brown

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13: 0199645191

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Model Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are a state's blueprint for the investment treaties it negotiates with other states. This book compiles commentaries on the Model BITs of 19 key jurisdictions. It analyses state practice on international investment law, detailing each state's legislative regime on foreign investment and their BIT programme


The Protection of Foreign Investment in Times of Armed Conflict

The Protection of Foreign Investment in Times of Armed Conflict

Author: Jure Zrilic

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-10-17

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0192566040

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Foreign investors often sustain injuries during violent situations, such as riots, revolutions, civil wars, and international armed conflicts. There is a great deal of uncertainty about how effective investment treaty protections are in volatile times, how they relate to other applicable legal frameworks, and how they affect the state security policy and the post-conflict transition to peace. This book explores how foreign investment is protected in times of armed conflict under the investment treaty regime. It does so by combining insights from different areas of international law, including international investment law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, the law of state responsibility, and the law of treaties. While the protections have evolved over time, with the investment treaty regime providing the strongest legal framework for protecting investors yet, there has been an apparent shift in treaty practice towards safeguarding a state's security interests. Jure Zrilic identifies and analyses the flaws in the existent normative framework, but also highlights the potential that investment treaties have for minimising the devastating effects of armed conflict. The book offers an analytical framework for assessing the investment treaty regime in times of armed conflict, distinguishing between different paradigms and different types of conflicts. Crucially, he argues that a new approach is needed to appropriately balance the competing interests of host states and investors when it comes to investment protection in armed conflicts.