Restoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clauses

Bilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promoteforeign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investmentis a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interestsof foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living inthe host country....

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Yira Segrera Ayala; Universidad del Norte
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2010
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Universidad del Norte
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Repositorio Uninorte
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spa
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http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/derecho/article/view/664
http://hdl.handle.net/10584/3421
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spelling Yira Segrera Ayala; Universidad del NorteColombia2013-08-31T23:03:55Z2013-08-31T23:03:55Z2010-08-18http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/derecho/article/view/664http://hdl.handle.net/10584/3421Bilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promoteforeign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investmentis a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interestsof foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living inthe host country. It is in these cases that the state needs to justify themeasures it takes based on its human rights obligations in order not tobe found responsible for breaching its obligations under an investmenttreaty. This paper examines the consequences of the prospect of humanrights norms being included into bilateral investment treaties, as wellas the possibility of investment tribunals accepting human rights arguments of non-investment law issues when there are no direct referencesto human rights law in the investment treaty, in order to demonstratethat investment treaties must include explicit human rights provisionsto protect the capacity of states to take appropriate measures based onits human rights obligations.Los tratados bilaterales de inversión son acuerdos realizados con el fin de promover la inversión extranjera en un país; aunque la inversión extranjera es una fuerza positiva para promover el desarrollo, en algunos casos el interés de inversionistas extranjeros puede causar fricciones con los derechos humanos de quienes viven en el país de acogida. En estos casos es cuando los Estados necesitan poder justificar las medidas tomadas con base en su obligación de proteger los derechos humanos de sus ciudadanos y no encontrarlos responsables por el incumplimiento de sus obligaciones en virtud de los tratados de inversión. Este documento analiza la inclusión de normas de derechos humanos en los tratados bilaterales de inversión, así como los casos en los cuales tribunales de arbitramento han tomado en consideración argumentos de derechos humanos cuando los tratados bilaterales de inversión no tienen referencia directa a estos, con la finalidad de establecer la necesidad de incluir cláusulas específicas de derechos humanos en ellos.application/pdfspaUniversidad del NorteRevista de Derecho; No 32: Jul - Dic 2009instname:Universidad del Nortereponame:Repositorio Digital de la Universidad del NorteRestoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clausesRestablecer el equilibrio en los tratados bilaterales de inversión: la incorporación de cláusulas de derechos humanosarticlepublishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf210584/3421oai:172.16.14.36:10584/34212015-10-07 01:47:21.142Repositorio Digital de la Universidad del Nortemauribe@uninorte.edu.co
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Restoring the balance in bilateral investment treaties: incorporating human rights clauses
Restablecer el equilibrio en los tratados bilaterales de inversión: la incorporación de cláusulas de derechos humanos
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description Bilateral Investment Treaties are agreements made in order to promoteforeign investment in a specific country. Although foreign investmentis a positive force to promote development, in some cases the interestsof foreign investors can collide with the human rights of those living inthe host country. It is in these cases that the state needs to justify themeasures it takes based on its human rights obligations in order not tobe found responsible for breaching its obligations under an investmenttreaty. This paper examines the consequences of the prospect of humanrights norms being included into bilateral investment treaties, as wellas the possibility of investment tribunals accepting human rights arguments of non-investment law issues when there are no direct referencesto human rights law in the investment treaty, in order to demonstratethat investment treaties must include explicit human rights provisionsto protect the capacity of states to take appropriate measures based onits human rights obligations.
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