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1 Sep 2018

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Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment & Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGIME AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Roundtable Outcome Brief

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In October 2017, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (Working Group) and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) co-hosted a roundtable in New York regarding the international investment regime’s impacts on access to justice for investment-affected individuals and communities. Participants assessed the impacts of international investment agreements (IIAs) and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) on access to justice, and explored reform options related to international investment law and the human rights system. This brief summarizes key points discussed at the roundtable...