International Investment Agreements (IIAs)
International Investment Agreements
 
UNCTAD's Work Programme on International Investment Agreements (IIAs) actively assists policymakers, government officials and other IIA stakeholders to formulate international investment rules that effectively foster sustainable development and
inclusive growth.
 
Main goals:

  • Enhance the sustainable development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs)

  • Provide comprehensive analysis on key issues arising from the complexity of the international investment regime

  • Develop a wide range of tools to support the formulation of more balanced international investment policies

 
The three pillars of activities:

  • Research and policy analysis - monitoring trends, identifying key emerging issues and providing cutting-edge knowledge on IIAs from a sustainable development perspective

  • Technical assistance - delivering trainings, seminars and workshops and offering ad-hoc advice to strengthen the capacity of beneficiaries in handling the complexities of the IIA regime

  • Intergovernmental consensus-building - exchanging and sharing best practices and experience with the view to fostering global investment governance

 
 

 News

 
24 Mar 11 - UNCTAD publishes its annual review of investor-State dispute settlement cases
Review shows that investors keep using international arbitration as a means for resolving disputes with their host countries, albeit to a lesser extent than in recent years
09 Mar 11 - Scope and definition: Second UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements
A new UNCTAD publication analyses the scope and definition of investor and investment in international investment agreements (IIAs). Based on the analysis, it offers suggestions aimed at assisting States to enter into IIAs which suit their specific polic
10 Dec 10 - Denouncing international agreements - a way out of arbitration?
Withdrawing from bilateral investment treaties and ignoring the ICSID Convention raises new legal questions for investor-State arbitration.
23 Aug 10 - Investor–State Disputes: Prevention and Alternatives to Arbitration
A new UNCTAD publication explores alternative methods that governments and international investors may use to resolve increasingly frequent disputes that must currently be handled through lengthy international arbitration.
10 Jan 08 - Investor-State arbitration cases impact international investment rulemaking
International investment agreements are becoming more precise and more transparent in an effort to avoid disputes, says a new UNCTAD report, which attributes the trend to the growing number of investor-State arbitration cases.
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 Meetings and Events

 
 

 Publications

 
Taking stock of IIA Reform [IIA Issue Note, No. 1, 2016] (UNCTAD/WEB/DIAE/PCB/2016/1)
01 Mar 2016, 992.0 KB
Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Review of Developments in 2014 [IIA Issue Note, No. 2, 2015] (UNCTAD/WEB/DIAE/PCB/2015/2)
15 Jul 2015, 2890.1 KB
Recent Trends in IIAs and ISDS [IIA Issue Note, No. 1, 2015] (UNCTAD/WEB/DIAE/PCB/2015/1)
19 Feb 2015, 1117.4 KB
Investor-state dispute settlement: A sequel - UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements II (UNCTAD/DIAE/IA/2013/2)
23 Jul 2014, 1160.6 KB
Reform of the IIA Regime: Four Paths of Action and a Way Forward [IIA Issue Note, No. 3, 2014] (UNCTAD/WEB/DIAE/PCB/2014/6)
11 Jul 2014, 3399.2 KB
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The UNCTAD Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator, the upgraded version of UNCTAD's earlier database on investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases, is now available.
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