Updated Research Guide on Investor-State Arbitration

The GlobaLex collection at New York University Law School has updated its research guide on International Arbitration Between Foreign Investors and Host States (Investor-State Arbitration):

"International arbitration between a foreign investor and a host State results from their agreement to solve their disputes in this manner. That agreement may take the form of a contractual provision (including those in a legal stability contract or a subsequent arbitral agreement), but increasingly it is the result of a foreign investor accepting a State’s standing offer to arbitrate disputes in international investment agreements (IIAs); primarily bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements with an investment chapter... "

"According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), there are over 3,286 IIAs in force. States often make information about IIAs. they are party to available online in order to promote investment and increase the transparency of their investment climate. Foreign affairs and trade ministries, relevant sectoral authorities and trade and investment promotion authorities are natural sources for this information."

Related Library Boy posts include:

• International Investment Agreements and Human Rights (May 20, 2008)
• Investment Treaty Arbitration Website from University of Victoria (June 16, 2010)
• Osgoode Hall Law School Launches International Investment Arbitration Website (October 11, 2011)
• Library of Parliament Article on Ratifying and Implementing Trade and Investment Treaties in Canada (October 31, 2016)