Investment Treaty News
Investment Treaty News is IISD's long-running flagship journal, offering our global readership the latest news, research, ideas, and case analyses on the link between international investment and sustainable development. A must-read for investment policy-makers, experts, and journalists across the world.
Investment Treaty News (ITN) provides news, analysis, and original thinking on the link between investment law and policy and sustainable development. Launched in 2001, ITN began life as a platform for investment officials, researchers, students, and others to exchange information and views. It has now evolved into a trilingual quarterly online publication serving a community of over 5,000 subscribers across the world. It provides:
- Analysis: Insights from a wide range of contributors on issues and topics at the intersection of investment law and sustainable development.
- News: Brief reports on the latest news in this sphere—including international, regional, and national policy developments and landmark investment arbitration cases.
- Awards: Analyses of recent investment arbitration cases and awards with sustainable development implications.
- Resources: Links to books, publications, and other resources of interest to the international investment community.
Subscribe
Subscribe here if you would like to receive our ITN publication in your email inbox.
Latest issues
Volume 17, Issue 2, April 2026
This issue examines the growing role of data in informing investment governance with exclusive takes from the policymaker, academic, and legal practitioner perspectives on how they use data to change investment policy and practice for the better.
Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2026
This issue explores compensation uncertainty, energy transition disputes, recent developments in investment arbitration and scholarship, and more.
Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025
Centered on The Tribunal, this issue highlights community perspectives and the social impacts of investment arbitration.
Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2025
This issue examines climate-oriented investment treaty reform and shifting dynamics in investor–state dispute settlement.
Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2025
This issue explores reform of the investment regime, including political risk insurance, just energy transitions, special economic zones, and fossil fuel arbitration.
Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2024
This issue examines damages reform in ISDS and the challenges of addressing labour rights within international investment regulation.
Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2024
This issue covers insights into a proposal for reforming the calculation of damages in Investment-Treaty Arbitration.
Volume 15, Issue 1, April 2024
This issue focuses on ISDS and the fossil fuels carveout, as well as a discussion on Successful Regional Investment Negotiations as a tool for IIAs Reform.
Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2023
This issue focuses on topics such as how national investment laws can support the sustainable governance of FDI, investment treaties and gender equality, tax incentives as investment promotion tool, and more.
Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2023
This issue explores the link between investment facilitation and sustainable development, the AfCTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights, and repercussions from the Lone Star Award.
Volume 14, Issue 2, June 2023
This issue deals with issues such as the African Continental Free Trade Area, investor rights and obligations, ICJ and international protection standards, and how investment treaties can help develop Indonesia's electric vehicle industry.
Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2023
This issue tackles topics such as the draft Code of Conduct discussed at the 44th Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III, international investment law and repressive state power, and the WTO draft Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement.
Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022
This issue analyzes topics including how claimants use sustainable development in investor-state dispute settlement and the screening of Chinese foreign direct investments.
Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022
This issue features analysis on topics such as investment agreements and the rule of law in Singapore, talks at UNCITRAL WGIII on the assessment of damages and compensation, and the Hague Rules on Human Rights Arbitration.
Latest
You might also be interested in
Rethinking International Investment Governance
IISD’s long-running research project, Rethinking International Investment Governance, positions IISD at the forefront of global efforts to reimagine the outdated international investment regime and tailor it to the challenges facing decision-makers today. The project provides original research and new ideas across the main investment instruments: treaties, national laws, and investor-state contracts.
Fair and Sustainable Trade in Food and Agriculture
IISD conducts research and facilitates dialogue to help bring about trade rules that promote equitable and sustainable international trade in food and agricultural products.
UNCITRAL Working Group III and Reform of Investor–State Dispute Settlement
The UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group III (UNCITRAL WGIII) has pursued reform of the investor–state dispute settlement model since 2017. IISD is an observer member of the Working Group, using our role to promote a fair system to resolve investment disputes that enhances sustainable development.
Rethinking Investment Treaties: Public consultation
We call on all international investment stakeholders to contribute to our public conversation on Rethinking Investment Treaties and give us your views.