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HR standard and investor liability in the new model of Indonesian BITs
9-Sep-2015 Indonesia for Global Justice
The Government plan to reassess the 64 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) that have been signed by Indonesia immediately.
International investment agreements and Africa’s structural transformation: a perspective from South Africa
9-Aug-2015 South Centre
The brief describes the widening debate on the implications of international investment agreements for sustainable development and outlines the broad features of alternative policy approaches to foreign direct investment
South Africa’s revocation of its bilateral investment treaties – analysis
6-May-2015 EurAsia Review
From an international policy point of view, South Africa’s denunciation of BITs is reasonable. It may even be seen as a refreshing retreat from a legal quagmire. But the domestic reality requires wider consideration.
New bilateral investment treaty model
13-Mar-2015 Dawn
The Board of Investment is working on Pakistan’s own template of a bilateral investment treaty, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries. And all the future ones will be negotiated on the new template.
ICSID and Latin America: Criticisms, withdrawals and regional alternatives
25-Jun-2013
Latin American states are the only ones in the world that have decided to withdraw from the ICSID Convention. It is also the only region in the world considering the necessity to find an alternative to ICSID mechanism.