24-Jun-2009
Stikeman Eliott LLP
In today’s risk averse environment investment protection agreements are also increasingly attractive to protect pension and mutual fund investments.
22-Jun-2009
Rights & Democracy
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
14-May-2009
American Chronicle
US Senator Bob Casey, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke calling for the finalizing of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Russia to encourage US business deals and investments in Russia.
21-Feb-2009
Rights and Democracy
Profiles a series of lawsuits that have arisen between foreign investors and their host states — where state compliance with investment treaty obligations is in question and where human rights concerns have resulted from investment projects.