Introduction

The topic of our conference, "International trade, Investments and Human Rights," is a broad one. It is also a bit of a moving target, and this is of course because the sphere of activity that we call "international" is essentially about the movement of people, goods, services and capital across borders, from one country to another, on a global scale. International law in turn is, in the simplest terms, about the regulation of these activities and about the settlement of disputes that arise in this cross-border context. Depending on the historical context, cross-border movement ...