Highlights of modern treaty making include a sustainable development orientation, preservation of regulatory space and improvements to or omissions of ISDS, says World Investment Report 2018
Imbalances in distributing the benefits of the international investment agreements, adoption of the Agenda 2030 have triggered the sustainable development-oriented reform of the global IIA regime. Since 2012, over 150 countries have taken steps to formulate a new generation of sustainable development-oriented IIAs which work for all stakeholders. Some countries revised their treaty models in …