Investment Protection Agreements, Human Rights and Sustainable Development: An Uneasy Mix

Roos Os () and Roeline Knottnerus
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Roos Os: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)
Roeline Knottnerus: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)

Development, 2016, vol. 59, issue 1, 107-113

Abstract: Abstract A sustainable trade and investment policy should enhance corporate social responsibility and accountability. The current architecture of trade and investment agreements requires fundamental recalibrating to include binding and enforceable investor obligations, while the grounds for bringing investment claims against states should be curtailed. The policy space of states to regulate in the wider public interest must take firm precedence over investor rights and privileges, and at the international level, effective avenues should be established that provide access to justice for victims of investor crimes.

Keywords: Human rights; Sustainable development; Investment protection; ISDS; Policy space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/s41301-017-0089-6

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