Restoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clauses
Bilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promote foreign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investment is a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interests of foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living in the host count...
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00004072312016-09-15Restoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clausesSegrera Ayala, YiraBilateral Investment TreatiesHuman RightsInternational LawAcuerdos Bilaterales de InversiónDerechos HumanosDerecho InternacionalBilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promote foreign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investment is a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interests of foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living in the host country. It is in these cases that the state needs to justify the measures it takes based on its human rights obligations in order not to be found responsible for breaching its obligations under an investment treaty. This paper examines the consequences of the prospect of human rights norms being included into bilateral investment treaties, as well as the possibility of investment tribunals accepting human rights arguments of non-investment law issues when there are no direct references to human rights law in the investment treaty, in order to demonstrate that investment treaties must include explicit human rights provisions to protect the capacity of states to take appropriate measures based on its human rights obligations.Los tratados bilaterales de inversión son acuerdos realizados con el fin de promover la inversión extranjera en un país; aunque la inversión extranjera es una fuerza positiva para promover el desarrollo, en algunos casos el interés de inversionistas extranjeros puede causar fricciones con los derechos humanos de quienes viven en el país de acogida. En estos casos es cuando los Estados necesitan poder justificar las medidas tomadas con base en su obligación de proteger los derechos humanos de sus ciudadanos y no encontrarlos responsables por el incumplimiento de sus obligaciones en virtud de los tratados de inversión. Este documento analiza la inclusión de normas de derechos humanos en los tratados bilaterales de inversión, así como los casos en los cuales tribunales de arbitramento han tomado en consideración argumentos de derechos humanos cuando los tratados bilaterales de inversión no tienen referencia directa a estos, con la finalidad de establecer la necesidad de incluir cláusulas específicas de derechos humanos en ellos.Universidad del Norte: Ediciones Uninorte2009text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3648033(Revista) ISSN 0121-8697Revista de derecho: División de Ciencias Jurídicas de la Universidad del Norte, ISSN 0121-8697, Nº. 32, 200923 pags. engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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Bilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promote
foreign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investment
is a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interests
of foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living in
the host country. It is in these cases that the state needs to justify the
measures it takes based on its human rights obligations in order not to
be found responsible for breaching its obligations under an investment
treaty. This paper examines the consequences of the prospect of human
rights norms being included into bilateral investment treaties, as well
as the possibility of investment tribunals accepting human rights arguments
of non-investment law issues when there are no direct references
to human rights law in the investment treaty, in order to demonstrate
that investment treaties must include explicit human rights provisions
to protect the capacity of states to take appropriate measures based on
its human rights obligations.
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Restoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clauses
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