Phase two of the negotiations on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has begun. This phase includes negotiating protocol investment. The International Investment Regime (IIR) allows foreign investors to institute proceedings against states through Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), which is criticised as undergoing a ‘legitimacy crisis’. paper assesses legitimacy ISDS evaluate w...

Az úgynevezett Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) eljárást alapvetően a fogadó állam és külföldi beruházó közötti viták elrendezésére alakították ki. Ám ugyanakkor az kiváltó tényállásban nem feltétlenül központi állami szervek jelennek meg ellenfeleként először, sokszor egy helyi vagy regionális önkormányzat kerül szembe beruházóval, ez vita terebélyesedik ki idővel ISDS eljárássá. eljár...

The counterclaim institute is one of crucial legal defense options during the dispute settlement in domestic and international jurisdictions; investment arbitration not an exception. most famous platform International centre for disputes (ICSID). One key ideas establishment such a instrument was implementation autonomous objective system Investor-states dispte sttlement (ISDS) by “independent f...

This article analyses intellectual property (IP) disputes in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) through the lenses of Third World approaches to international law (TWAIL) and how a reformist TWAIL approach might be used address concerns related IP-ISDS disputes. It has three objectives. First, discuss its readings IP. Using framework, illustrates TWAILers’ positions on Agreement Trade-Rela...

Abstract In recent years, several proposals by states to reform or displace investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) have gained prominence. While many factors shape which support, here we focus on one important, but often overlooked, factor: the ‘insider’ ‘outsider’ status of government officials who formulate states’ proposals. Based five years para-ethnographic observation and interviews wit...

This research article explores aligning and optimizing dispute resolution mechanisms in international law, particularly within the World Trade Organization (WTO) Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) contexts. Addressing challenges arising from "spaghetti bowl effect" of multiple treaty regimes, it examines interplay between WTO ISDS systems, aiming for harmonization reduced jurisdictional i...

Abstract In the context of ongoing debates concerning reform investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, this article critiques widely-accepted approach that seeks to fit international human rights law (IHRL) into existing structure ISDS and argues IHRL should at least be treated as ‘primus inter pares’ vis-à-vis investment law. Testing on touchstone equality, non-discrimination, an eff...