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2017 | 17 | 42 | 235-255

Article title

When Sustainable Development Meets International Investment: Painful Collision or Necessary Contribution?

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PL
Kiedy zrównoważony rozwój napotyka międzynarodowe inwestycje: Bolesna kolizja czy konieczny wkład?

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International investment has increasingly been subject to controversies and debates. Never more so then when international investment law is faced with sustainable development issues, particularly in the context of international investment arbitration. Given the characteristics of international investment law regime, and in particular the nature of its dispute resolution mechanism, types of measures challenged in the tribunals and the magnitude of monetary compensations sought by investors and frequently awarded by the tribunals, sustainable development issues become notably visible and debatable. Since sustainable development became a prominent feature of major global initiatives, political agendas and social movements, international investment disputes involving sustainable development issues gain lots of international attention. This paper aims to highlight the controversies of some of the most prominent international investment arbitration cases relating to sustainable development issues.
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Inwestycje międzynarodowe są coraz częściej przedmiotem kontrowersji i debat. W szczególności wówczas, gdy międzynarodowe prawo inwestycyjne stoi w obliczu kwestii zrównoważonego rozwoju, zwłaszcza w kontekście międzynarodowego arbitrażu inwestycyjnego. Biorąc pod uwagę charakter międzynarodowego prawa inwestycyjnego, a szczególnie charakter mechanizmu rozstrzygania sporów, rodzajów środków zaskarżonych do trybunałów oraz wielkości rekompensat pieniężnych wnioskowanych przez inwestorów i często przyznawanych przez trybunały, kwestie zrównoważonego rozwoju stają się wyraźnie widoczne i sporne. Ponieważ zrównoważony rozwój stał się ważnym elementem głównych inicjatyw globalnych, programów politycznych i ruchów społecznych, międzynarodowe spory inwestycyjne dotyczące kwestii zrównoważonego rozwoju zyskują wiele uwagi na całym świecie. Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu zwrócenie uwagi na niektóre z najbardziej znanych i kontrowersyjnych międzynarodowych spraw arbitrażu inwestycyjnego dotyczących kwestii zrównoważonego rozwoju.

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17

Issue

42

Pages

235-255

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Dates

online
2017-07-15

Contributors

  • ESADE, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain

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