Investors' Responsibilities beyond Investment Treaties: A Workaround to Balance the Investment Protection Regime
Abstrakt
It is often argued that international investment law and broader societal concerns, such as human rights, environment or sustainable development are two distinctive categories. However, recent developments offer a different perspective.
Increasing openness of the investment community to incorporate non-commercial values in new investment agreements and to consider investors' adverse behaviour in ISDS disputes is complemented by numerous initiatives at the domestic as well as international levels. This contribution provides an overview and analysis of the development considering the current state of play in the field of business and human rights as well as responsible business conduct.
Based on the presented evidence, the contribution argues that we are witnessing the emergence of pluralistic regime of investor' responsibilities.