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Ludwig Gramlich, Claudia Conen
Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), although practiced since some decades based upon many (bilateral) investmen treaties often referring to the mechanism of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes as part of the World Bank group, has become the aim of rather sharp critique from members of the civil society as well as some politicians and lawyers since this kind of dispute settlement was intended to be inserted into the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership beween the EU and its meber States and the USA and also into several (deep and comprehensive) free trade agreements the EU concluded with third countries, in particular CETA. This study analyses recent developments in the field of protection of international direct investment focussing upon ISDS as well as alternative dispute settlemen procedures in order to show how these could be implemented in a shorter or longer term.
