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Full ISDS data release (in excel format)
ISDS cases: facts and figures
With the expansion of global trade, investment and technology over the last decades, international investment
Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: full ISDS data release as of 31/12/2023 (in excel format)
Facts and Figures on Investor–State Dispute Settlement Cases
International investment agreements trends: the increasing dichotomy between new and old treaties
UNCTAD Report Mapping Sustainable Development and Investment Facilitation Provisions in G20 IIAs, with Inputs from OECD
Compensation and Damages in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Proceedings
The Global Minimum Tax and Investment Treaties: Exploring Policy Options
Investment Facilitation in International Investment Agreements: Trends and Policy Options
Trends in the Investment Treaty Regime and a Reform Toolbox for the Energy Transition
Review of 2021 Investor–State Arbitration Decisions: Insights for IIA Reform
Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: full ISDS data release as of 31/07/2022 (in excel format)
The International Investment Treaty Regime and Climate Action
Treaty-based Investor–State Dispute Settlement Cases and Climate Action
Review of 2020 Investor–State Arbitration Decisions: IIA Reform Issues at a Glance
Facts on investor–State arbitrations in 2021: With a special focus on tax-related ISDS cases
Policy Brief on International Investment Agreements and Climate Action
Investor–State Dispute Settlement Cases: Facts and Figures 2020
Recent Developments in the IIA Regime: Accelerating IIA Reform
International Investment Policies and Public Health
International Investment Agreements and Their Implications for Tax Measures
Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: full ISDS data release as of 31/07/2020 (in excel format)
Review of ISDS Decisions in 2019: Selected IIA Reform Issues
Supplementary Material to Review of ISDS Decisions in 2019: Selected IIA Reform Issues
International Investment Agreements Reform Accelerator
Investor–State Dispute Settlement Cases Pass the 1,000 Mark: Cases and Outcomes in 2019
The Changing IIA Landscape: New Treaties and Recent Policy Developments
Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator: full ISDS data release as of 31/07/2019 (in excel format)
Recent developments in the international investment regime: Taking stock of phase 2 reform actions
Review of ISDS Decisions in 2018: Selected IIA Reform Issues
Supplementary Material to Review of ISDS Decisions in 2018: Selected IIA Reform Issues
Taking Stock of IIA Reform: Recent Developments
Fact Sheet on Investor–State Dispute Settlement Cases in 2018
Reforming Investment Dispute Settlement: A Stocktaking
Fact Sheet on Intra-European Union Investor-State Arbitration Cases
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Review of Developments in 2017
IIA Issues Note: Recent Developments in the International Investment Regime
IIA Issues Note: Improving Investment Dispute Settlement: UNCTAD's Policy Tools
Special Update on Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Facts and Figures
IIA Issues Note: Phase 2 of IIA Reform
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Review of Developments in 2016
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Review of Developments in 2015
IIA Issues Note: Taking Stock of IIA Reform
Treaty-based ISDS Cases Brought Under Dutch IIAs: an Overview
Policy Options for IIA Reform: Treaty Examples and Data
Latest Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
IIA Issues Note - Recent Trends in IIAs and ISDS
Pink Series Sequel: Investor-State Dispute Settlement
IIA Issues Note - Reform of the IIA Regime: Four Paths of Action and a Way Forward
IIA Issues Note - Investor-State Dispute Settlement: an Information Note on the United States and the European Union
IIA Issues Note: Recent Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
IIA Issues Note: Towards a New Generation of International Investment Policies
IIA Issues Note: International Investment Policymaking in Transition
IIA Issues Note: The Rise of Regionalism in International Investment Policymaking
IIA Issues Note: Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: in Search of a Roadmap
Pink Series Sequel: Transparency
International Investment Agreements Negotiators Handbook: APEC/UNCTAD MODULES
IIA Issues Note: Latest Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
IIA Issues Note: Interpretation of IIAs
Pink Series Sequel: Expropriation
Yellow Series: ISDS - Prevention and Alternatives to Arbitration, Proceedings of Symposium held on 29 March 2010
IIA Issues Note: Sovereign Debt Restructuring and International Investment Agreements
Pink Series Sequel: Scope and Definition
Pink Series Sequel: Most-favoured Nation Treatment
Pink Series Sequel: Fair and Equitable Treatment
IIA Issues Note: Denunciation of the ICSID convention and BITS
Yellow Series: Investor–State Disputes: Prevention and Alternatives to Arbitration
Yellow Series: The Protection of National Security in IIAs
Yellow Series: International Investment Rule-making: Stocktaking, Challenges and the Way Forward
Yellow Series: The Role of IIAs in Attracting FDI to Developing Countries