Investment Protection, Human Rights, and International Arbitration in Extraordinary Times

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julian Scheu LL.M.; Prof. Dr. Dr. Rainer Hofmann; Prof. Dr. Stephan W. Schill LL.M.; Prof. Dr. Christian J. Tams LL.M.

doi:10.5771/9783748914068

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Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-7405-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-1406-8
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften zur Europäischen Integration und Internationalen Wirtschaftsordnung
Volume: 61
Language: English
Pages: 435
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 18
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1. I. An Uneasy Relationship No access
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2. II. Regime Interaction at the Macro-Level: Conceptual Difference and Complementarity No access
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3. III. The Limits of Macro Perspectives No access
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  1. Part 1: Business and Human Rights Arbitration No access
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  2. Part 2: Human Rights in International Investment Agreements No access
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  3. Part 3: Specific Conflicts between Investment Law and Human Rights No access
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  4. Part 4: African Perspectives on International Investment Law and Human Rights No access
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  5. Part 5: International Investment Law and Human Rights in the Era of COVID-19 No access
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5. V. Outlook No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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      1. 1. Soft Law No access
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      2. 2. UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights No access
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      3. 3. Human Rights Courts No access
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        a) Treaty Drafting No access
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        b) IIAs Potential for Including Human Rights in Interpretation No access
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        c) Remedies Gap in Investment Law No access
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    2. B. National (Soft) Law and Procedures No access
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    1. A. Context of the BHRA Rules No access
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    2. B. Content of the BHRA Rules No access
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    3. C. The Use of BHRA or Which Gaps Can Be Filled? No access
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    4. D. Problems and Limitations No access
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  4. IV. Outlook: No Panacea, But Piecemeal Approach No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. The Business and Human Rights Framework No access
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  3. III. Business and Human Rights Arbitration: The Drafting of the Hague Rules No access
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    1. A. Flexibility Comes First: Urbaser v. Argentina No access
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    2. B. The Problem of Identity: South American Silver v. Bolivia No access
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    3. C. Room to Grow: Copper Mesa v. Ecuador No access
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  5. V. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. The Human Rights Responsibilities of Business No access
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    1. A. The Disconnect Between International Investment Law and Human Rights No access
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    2. B. Risks Posed by Investment Arbitration and Investor-State Contract to Human Rights No access
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      1. 1. Preambles, Objectives, and Commitments No access
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      2. 2. Exceptions and Carve-Outs No access
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      3. 3. Investor Obligations No access
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    2. B. Human Rights-Related Provisions in Investment Treaties No access
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    3. B. Human Rights Provisions in Investor-State Contracts No access
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    4. C. Other Sources of Human Rights and Human Rights-Related Issues No access
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    1. A. The Utility of Human Rights Provisions for State Regulatory Sovereignty No access
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    2. B. The Utility of Human Rights Provisions for Investor Obligations No access
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    3. C. Utility through Contextual Interpretations No access
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  6. VI. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. Model Situations When Human Rights Are Relevant to Investor-State Arbitration No access
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  3. III. Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Treaty-Based Arbitrations - Types of Jurisdictional Clauses No access
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    1. A. Wide Jurisdictional Clauses No access
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    2. B. Standard and Narrow Jurisdictional Clauses No access
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    3. C. Summary No access
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    1. A. Link to a Claim No access
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    2. B. Counterclaims No access
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    3. C. Legality Clause No access
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  6. VI. Conclusions No access
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  2. II. EU-China Economic Relations No access
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    1. A. Objective and Structure No access
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      1. 1. Market Access No access
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      2. 2. Performance Requirements No access
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      3. 3. State-Owned Enterprises No access
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      4. 4. National Treatment and Most Favoured Nation Treatment No access
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      5. 5. Nationality Requirements, Entry and Stay of Natural Persons No access
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      6. 6. Non-Conforming Measures No access
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      1. 1. Domestic Regulation No access
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      2. 2. Transparency No access
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      3. 3. Financial Services No access
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    4. D. The General Dispute Settlement and Enforcement Mechanisms No access
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    5. E. Final Provisions No access
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    1. A. The Context No access
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    2. B. Structure and General Provisions No access
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    3. C. Investment and Environment No access
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    4. D. Public Participation in Matters of Sustainable Development No access
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    5. E. Investment and Labour No access
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    6. F. A Special Dispute Settlement Procedure for Sustainable Development Matters No access
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  5. V. The Special Case of Human Rights No access
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  6. VI. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. Case Study: Rubber Plantations in Cambodia No access
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    1. A. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights No access
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    2. B. Pillar 1 – The State Duty to Protect Human Rights No access
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    3. C. Pillar 2 – The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights No access
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    4. D. Pillar 3 – The Right to a Remedy No access
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    5. E. The Significance of Domestic Human Rights Frameworks No access
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  4. IV. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Introduction No access
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  2. II. Tensions between International Investment Law and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights? The Human Rights Perspective No access
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  3. III. Tensions between International Investment Law and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights? The Investment Protection Perspective No access
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      1. 1. Jurisdictional Clause No access
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      2. 2. Legality Requirements No access
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      3. 3. Mandatory ex ante Human Rights/Cultural Impact Assessments? No access
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      4. 4. Standards: Applicable Law No access
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      5. 5. Further Going References to Indigenous Rights in IIAs No access
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      6. 6. Cultural Exception Clauses No access
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      1. 1. Treaty Interpretation and Margin of Appreciation Doctrine No access
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      2. 2. Implicit Legality Requirements through Interpretation No access
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      3. 3. Calculation of Compensation or Damages No access
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      4. 4. Amicus Curiae Participation of Indigenous Peoples No access
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      1. 1. Memorials by States Parties No access
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      2. 2. Counterclaims No access
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      3. 3. Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness: the Necessity Defence No access
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    4. D. Résumé No access
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  5. V. Concluding Appreciation No access
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    1. A. ILO Labour Standards – A Brief Introduction No access
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    2. B. The Intrinsic Connection Between ILO Labour Standards and Tripartism No access
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    1. A. Lowering of Labour Protection in Host States in the Context of Establishment No access
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    2. B. Invocation of Investor Rights Against Labour-Related Measures in the Context of Investment Arbitration No access
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    3. C. Implications for Tripartite Social Dialogue No access
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    4. D. Investment Law and ILO Labour Standards: A Complex Relationship No access
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    1. A. The Indeterminacy of Pertinent Treaties No access
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      1. 1. International Law’s ‘Defragmentation Techniques’ No access
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      2. 2. The Prevalence of (the ILO’s) Organizational Rules on Treaties (Art. 5 VCLT) No access
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      3. 3. Defragmentation and ‘Tripartite Ownership’ Over ILO Labour Standards No access
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    1. A. Building Blocks in Investment Law No access
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    2. B. Possible Contributions by the ILO and Its Member States No access
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    3. C. Enhanced Inter-Institutional Cooperation No access
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    4. D. Considering Transnational Options No access
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  6. VI. Conclusion No access
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  2. II. A Brief Overview of Africa’s Historic Role in the Shaping of International Investment Law No access
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  3. III. The Notion of Development as a Common Denominator of Africa’s Investment Policy No access
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  4. IV. Reconciling African Voices: Towards a Pan-African Investment Protocol for Sustainable Development No access
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    1. A. Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) No access
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    2. B. Southern African Development Community (SADC) No access
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    3. C. Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) No access
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  6. VI. Bilateral Approaches: The Morocco – Nigeria BIT (2016) and the Future of intra-African BITs No access
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    1. A. Towards Liberalization: Facilitating Investment for Sustainable Recovery and Development in Ethiopia No access
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    2. B. Undoing Historical Wrongs: South Africa’s Radical Approach to Greater Regulatory Flexibility No access
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    3. C. Tanzania’s Ambivalence in Retaining State Control over Natural Resources No access
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  8. VIII. Concluding Remarks No access
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    1. A. The Four Instruments: PAIC, ECOWIC, SADC FIP and the Morocco-Nigeria BIT No access
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    2. B. The Role of the Right to Regulate No access
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    3. C. The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard No access
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    4. D. Compensation for Expropriation No access
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    5. E. Backlash Against ISDS No access
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    6. F. Alternatives to ISDS No access
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  3. III. Global Trends No access
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    1. A. Imbalance of Content No access
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      1. 1. Threatening the Host State No access
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      2. 2. The Costs of ISDS No access
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        a) Ambiguity of Substantive Standards No access
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        b) Structural Flaws of ISDS No access
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    3. C. Imbalance of Power No access
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    4. D. Bias Towards Big Investors No access
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  5. V. Conclusions No access
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    1. A. How Can the Exercise of Police Powers Be Distinguished from an Indirect Expropriation? No access
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    2. B. What Should Be the Focus of a Proportionality Analysis in a Global Health Emergency? No access
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    3. C. Does the Doctrine of Police Powers Apply to All BIT Claims? No access
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    1. A. If a Respondent State Invokes a Fundamental Change of Circumstances (clausula rebus sic stantibus), what Effect Does This Have on the Plea of Necessity? No access
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    2. B. Can the Necessity Defence Be Raised Against a Non-State Actor? No access
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    3. C. Was the Measure Taken the ‘Only Way’? No access
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    4. D. Has the State ‘Contributed to the Situation of Necessity’? No access
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    5. E. What Are the Consequences of a Successful Plea of Necessity? No access
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  4. IV. Conclusion No access
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    1. A. Potential Conflicts Between COVID-19 Measures and Investment Agreements No access
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    2. B. Options to Mitigate the Negative Impact of International Investment Law on COVID-19 Measures No access
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  3. III. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in International Investment Law No access
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    1. A. Termination of Agreements No access
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    2. B. Unilateral Withdrawal of Consent to Arbitration No access
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      1. 1. International Institute for Sustainable Development: Multilateral Agreement for Coordinated Suspension No access
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      2. 2. Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment: Immediate Moratorium on All Claims No access
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      1. 1. Taking Human Rights into Account when Interpreting Key Terms No access
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      2. 2. Reliance on Existing Exception Clauses in Modern IIAs No access
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      1. 1. Necessity No access
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      2. 2. Human Rights as a Trump? No access
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  6. VI. Loyalty No access
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  7. VII. Conclusion No access
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