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Register now for the High-level IIA Conference on 12 December 2024
14 Nov 2024
UNCTAD’s High-level International Investment Agreements (IIA) Conference 2024 will take place online on Thursday, 12 December. Registration is open to all stakeholders. [...]
UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures (31st Report)
13 Nov 2024
UNCTAD-OECD Report on G20 Investment Measures (31st Report) [...]
The increasing dichotomy between new and old investment treaties
30 Oct 2024
New-generation international investment agreements (IIAs) include innovative provisions and safeguards. However, old-generation IIAs still cover about half of global FDI stock. [...]
Sustainable development takes on heightened significance in investment treaties
28 Oct 2024
Countries are increasingly aligning investment agreements with sustainability objectives, a shift hailed by G20 ministers gathering in Brazil [...]
Investment Policy Monitor No.28: Investment policy trends in LLDCs since the Vienna Programme of Action
09 Oct 2024
Investment Policy Monitor No.28: Investment policy trends in LLDCs since the Vienna Programme of Action [...]
UNCTAD Multi-Stakeholder Platform discusses converging and diverging IIA reform trends
11 Sep 2024
The second meeting of the UNCTAD Multi-Stakeholder Platform on IIA Reform took place on 10 September 2024. It discussed trends in substantive areas of reformed investment treaties. [...]
Compensation and Damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Proceedings
09 Sep 2024
This IIA Issues Note analyses the trend of growing damages awards in investment treaty arbitrations and provides policy options aimed at countering excessive awards. [...]
Publication of the Report on the implementation of the Investment Policy Review of the Gambia
02 Jul 2024
Since the publication of its Investment Policy Review in 2017, the Gambia has attracted unprecedented levels of foreign direct investment and conducted several reforms [...]
Global Foreign Investment Weak in 2023, Funding for Sustainable Goals Sectors Drops over 10%
20 Jun 2024
In 2023, global foreign direct investment (FDI) decreased by 2% to $1.3 trillion, according to the latest World Investment Report released by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). [...]
Total number of known investment treaty cases rises to 1,332
27 Mar 2024
UNCTAD has updated its ISDS Navigator. In 2023, claimants brought at least 60 publicly known investor-State dispute settlement cases based on investment treaties. [...]