Privatizing Human Rights - The Interface Between International Investment Protection and Human Rights
Article from: TDM 5 (2006), in Human Rights
Introduction
The aim of this contribution is first to outline some of the conflict scenarios linked to infrastructure privatization. Second, deficiencies in the clarity of the substantive norms protecting human rights on the one hand and foreign investments on the other hand will be highlighted. The lack of clarity complicates the predictability of a human rights violation on the one hand and the predictability of violations of investors' rights on the other. Third, this article will focus on the lacking interfaces between the supervision mechanisms of international investment law and ...