- January 30, 2017
Holding investors to account for human rights violations through counterclaims in investment treaty arbitration
The relationship between international investment law and international human rights law has become increasingly relevant in recent years. How and to what extent a state should be permitted to rely on its human rights obligations to defend claims that it has breached its investment treaty obligations has, in particular, received significant attention. Less discussed, however, … Continue reading Holding investors to account for human rights violations through counterclaims in investment treaty arbitration →
- November 1, 2016
Challenges to treaty awards on jurisdiction in the national courts: what is the appropriate standard of review?
What standard of review is appropriate when a court is seised with a challenge to an award on jurisdiction? Should the answer be any different when the court is addressing an investment treaty award rather than a commercial award? This blog post addresses two recent decisions by the courts in Singapore and Switzerland, which have … Continue reading Challenges to treaty awards on jurisdiction in the national courts: what is the appropriate standard of review? →
