Investor-State Arbitration and Human Rights

Name: Investor-State Arbitration and Human Rights
Brand: Brill Nijhoff
SKU: 9789004338999
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Author: Filip Balcerzak
ISBN: 9789004338999

By Filip Balcerzak

Brill Nijhoff September 2017

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ISBN-13: 9789004338999
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Publication: September 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

In Investor-State Arbitration and Human Rights Filip Balcerzak examines the interrelations between human rights and international investment law.

The work discusses whether, and how, human rights arguments may be presented in the course of arbitral proceedings based on investment treaties.

The work identifies three model situations, derived from existing arbitral jurisprudence, which provide the backdrop and methodological tool underpinning the book’s legal analysis. The work considers the perspectives of both host states and investors and analyzes all stages of arbitral proceedings – jurisdiction, admissibility, merits, compensation and costs – to determine the potential impact of human rights on the outcome of proceedings.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1.
Model Situations When Human Rights are Relevant for Investor – State Arbitration: 1 Identification of Model Situations; 2 First Model Situation – Host States Invoking Human Rights in the Absence of Violations Having been Committed by Investors; i Invocations of the General Notion of Human Rights; ii Invocations of Specific Human Rights; iii Human Rights Referred to by Arbitral Tribunals; 3 Second Model Situation – Host States Invoking Human Rights Where Violations Have been Committed by Investors; 4 Third Model Situation – Investors Invoking Human Rights; 5 Interrelations between the Model Situations; 2.
Human Rights Context of Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Investor – State Arbitration: 1 Scope of Jurisdiction of Tribunals in Investor – State Arbitration and Human Rights; i General Remarks on the Grounds of Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals; ii Characteristics of the Consent to Arbitrate Given in Investment Treaties; iii Types of Jurisdictional Limits and Their Possible Consequences; iv Types of Jurisdiction Clauses Typically Present in Investment Treaties; v Scope of Arbitral Tribunals’ Jurisdiction in Investor – State Arbitration and Human Rights Invoked by Investors; vi Scope of Arbitral Tribunals’ Jurisdiction in Investor – State Arbitration and Human Rights Invoked by Host States; 2 Admissibility of Claims in the Light of Possible Human Rights Violations Committed by Investors and the Requirement to Undertake Investments in Accordance with Local Law; i Distinction between Jurisdiction and Admissibility in International Investment Law; ii “In Accordance with Local Laws” Requirement; iii Non-explicit “in Accordance with Local Laws” Requirement; iv Admissibility of and Jurisdiction Over Claims Concerning Investments Made Contrary to Host States’ Laws Concerning Human Rights; 3.
The Impact of Human Rights on the Merits of Investor – State Arbitration: 1 Influence of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the Provisions of Investment Treaties; i General Rules of Treaty Interpretation; ii Fair and Equitable Treatment; iii Expropriation; 2 Possibility of Invoking Investors’ Human Rights in the Course of Arbitral Proceedings; 4.
Compensation and Costs in Investor – State Arbitration and the Issue of Human Rights: 1 Impact of Human Rights on the Level of Compensation Awarded in Investor – State Arbitration; i General Remarks; ii Principles Governing Compensation in Investor – State Arbitration; iii Concept of Contributory Negligence; iv Contributory Negligence and Human Rights Violations Committed by Investors; v Reduction of Compensation and Remaining Human Rights Concerns; vi Concept of Moral Damages; vii Moral Damages and Violations of Investors’ Human Rights; 2 Human Rights Considerations as a Justification to Shift Costs of the Proceedings; i General Remarks; ii Rules Concerning the Burden of Costs; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index