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308 resultsThe path to mainstreaming sustainable development in international investment agreements
20 Dec 2024
The UN’s 2024 conference on international investment agreements (IIAs) emphasized that the mainstreaming of sustainable development in the IIA regime is essential. [...]
Investment Policy Monitor, Issue No 29: Investment Laws: Key trends and developments
17 Dec 2024
Investment Policy Monitor, Issue No 29: Investment Laws: Key trends and developments [...]
Detailed agenda available for upcoming High-level IIA Conference on 12 December
09 Dec 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. [...]
Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: full data release (excel format)
02 Dec 2024
UNCTAD has released an excel document with its full data set of 1,332 known treaty-based investor-State dispute settlement cases. [...]
Investor–State dispute settlement cases: facts and figures
26 Nov 2024
A new briefing note provides facts and figures on the 1,332 investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases brought under investment treaties until the end of 2023. [...]
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 [...]