Environmental Protection and Investment Arbitration: Yin and Yang?

• Autores: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
• Localización: ACDI - Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional, ISSN 2027-1131, ISSN-e 2145-4493, Vol. 10, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Especial 10 años), págs. 371-399
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.5296
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• Resumen

  • This article explores the interactions between international environmentallaw and international investment law. It discusses existing tools and procedural devices available before international courts and tribunals to promote compliance with emerging principles, standards, the way in which international courts and tribunals have had recourse to environmental protection through treaty interpretation. It then appraisesthe various ways that environmental protection is referred to in bilateralinvestment treaties. Finally, the article explores the procedural devices that could be used to take into account/address environmental considerations within the investment framework.

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