This bulletin outlines the key legal and policy issues associated with investor–state memorandums of understanding and how they can be used to govern and promote responsible investment in agriculture.
This report offers an in-depth legal analysis of the agreement in principle for a reform of the Energy Charter Treaty as tentatively agreed on by the contracting parties in June 2022.
This bulletin highlights risks associated with joint ventures and provides guidance to agricultural investment negotiators and government lawyers on how to mitigate these risks.
In this brief, the authors explore the subject of compensation under investment treaties, as well as options for reform, drawing from their analysis in a related longer paper.
This paper from IISD's Best Practices series takes a deep dive into the legal principles, arbitral jurisprudence, and lessons learned from how compensation is treated in investor–state arbitration, while presenting possible options for reform.
This report reviews how technology is transforming food systems and how policy-makers and investors can best harness the use of modern technologies to bring transformative change.