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Article

4 Sep 2009

Author:
UN Special Representative John Ruggie

[PDF] Statement of the Special Representative to the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa, On its review of Bilateral Investment Treaties (a.k.a. Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investment Agreements) entered into by the Republic of

...[The] human rights policies of states in relation to business need to be pushed beyond their narrow institutional confines, and Governments should consider human rights impacts in a range of broader policy areas, including when they sign trade agreements and investment treaties... Recent experience suggests that some investment treaty guarantees and contract provisions may unduly constrain the host Government’s ability to achieve its legitimate policy objectives, including its international human rights obligations.