Foreign Investment, Human Rights and Environmental Protection Striking a Balance for Sustainable Development

This book examines the integration of human rights and environmental standards within international investment agreements (IIAs).

Aimed at policymakers, legal scholars, and international law practitioners, this book provides a thorough framework for understanding and reforming IIAs.

About the author

Shawkat Alam is a professor of international and environmental law at Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia.
Abdullah Al Faruque is a professor of law at University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Summary

This book examines the integration of human rights and environmental standards within international investment agreements (IIAs). Aimed at policymakers, legal scholars, and international law practitioners, this book provides a thorough framework for understanding and reforming IIAs.

Product details

• Authors: Shawkat Alam, Alam Shawkat, Shawkat (Macquarie University Alam, Abdullah Al Faruque
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 22.11.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780367759759
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75975-9
• Pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Research in International Economic Law
• Subjects: Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, Bilateral Investment Treaties, International Investment Law, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Environment law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Investment Treaties & Disputes, Investment Protection;Biodiversity;Conservation, Investor-state arbitration, sustainable forest management, regulatory autonomy, integrating human rights in treaties, labour rights standards