Key Message
International investment treaties have significant implications for public policy. Here IISD reports on many of the legal rulings and negotiations in this field. Our two main publications are: Investment Treaty News and the International Investment Agreement Insighter.
Investment News and Resources
What's New in Investment News and Resources?
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Investment Treaty News: 2006 Year in Review
This publication offers an overview of notable developments in relation to International Investment Agreements in 2006. In addition to summarizing Investment Treaty News' reporting for 2006, the Year in Review also presents the results of a series of interviews with IIA practitioners and arbitration institutions. A key finding of these interviews is that the number of IIA arbitrations initiated in 2006 was at least 36, with the majority of such investor-state lawsuits taking place outside of the well-known International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Since 2002, IISD has produced a specialized reporting service dedicated to investigating and reporting on the international foreign investment law regime. We also maintain a documents centre, where we post as a public service, heretofore unpublished legal rulings or documents which we have uncovered. IISD also produces periodic briefings for parliamentarians and elected officials which offer information and insight into International Investment Agreements—and how such agreements have important consequences for domestic policy-making.
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Investment Treaty News (ITN)
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is a reporting service that monitors the international treaties governing overseas business investments. As lawsuits arise under these treaties-pitting foreign investors against their host governments-these agreements are having significant public policy implications, including in the areas of health, environmental protection, economic development and taxation. -
IIA Insighter
IIA Insighter is an occasional publication targeted at parliamentarians and elected officials, offering them insight into how international investment agreements (IIAs) may impact on domestic issues of public interest.
The publication offers a mix of news, features, commentaries and resources. Particular effort is made to provide information which is pitched at the level of the non-expert, so that readers may grasp and understand the key concerns related to IIAs.
Key Publication
IISD Model International Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development - Negotiators' Handbook
» Howard Mann, Konrad von Moltke, Aaron Cosbey, Luke Eric Peterson, IISD, 2005.The current model for International Investment Agreements (IIAs) was developed 50 years ago in a political and economic context that bears little resemblance to today's, and designed for a much narrower role than such agreements now play. IISD's new Model Agreement refocuses the purpose and values for international investment agreements, taking the linkages between investment and the imperative of sustainable development as its starting point. More...
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