Policies and Alternatives of the inclusion and increase of enforcement of Human Rights Obligations in New Generation of Bilateral Investment Treaties
Subject Areas : Ethics and Islamic EducationMohsen Abdollahi 1 , Nafiseh Shakeri 2
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Keywords: Foreign Investment, Human Rights, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Investment Arbitral Tribunals,
Abstract :
Bilateral Investment Treaties as one of the most common instruments of the conclusion of foreign investment treaties, particularly in recent years has played an important role in establishment and development of foreign investment in-between the states. Considering developing flow of significance of human rights obligations and its corresponding activities specially since 2016, together with conclusion of certain bilateral investment treaties towards this trend and as the role of New Generation bilateral treaties in determination and consolidation of Human Rights obligations became more apparent, a survey regarding different aspects of this role and terms of its development will be of great advantage and necessity that in this article has been tried to dealt with
ﻓﯿﺮوزيﻣﻨﺪهی،ﻓﺮاز،ﺟﺎﯾﮕﺎهﺗﻌﻬﺪاتﺣﻘﻮقﺑﯿﻦاﻟﻤﻠﻞﺑﺸﺮدرﻣﻌﺎﻫﺪاتدوﺟﺎﻧﺒﻪﺳﺮﻣﺎﯾﻪﮔﺬاري،ﻓﺼﻠﻨﺎﻣﻪﭘﮋوﻫﺶﺣﻘﻮقﻋﻤﻮﻣﯽ، سال 1395، شماره 51
میری لواسانی، سمیهسادات، صادقیزیازی، حاتم، حسنپور، فاطمه، تعهدات زیستمحیطی سرمایهگذاران خارجی، دانش حقوق و مالیه، سال 97، شماره 3
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