The crisis over appointments to the Appellate Body risks dismantling the WTO's compulsory dispute settlement system. This paper argues that solutions to the crisis that seek to overcome the opposition of the United States and reinstate the system through majority rule are legally fragile and...

This paper argues that the UNCITRAL is in a privileged position to lead an effort — along with other international organizations, public and private stakeholders — to conduct a thorough analysis of the challenges raised by the growing interaction between international investment treaties and...

In investment arbitration, procedural rules that incorporate broad transparency provisions subject both sides of an investment dispute to public scrutiny and, as a consequence, establish an equitable and sustainable framework for investors to seek a remedy against respondent-states. In this day...

The economic shocks from the pandemic and rising geoeconomic tensions have triggered an accelerated restructuring of foreign investment flows in global value chains. As the previous determinants of foreign investment are rapidly changing, many new risks and opportunities abound for developing...