NEW
DATABASE: UNCTAD University Project maps content of over 1,400 IIAs
Dear Member of the World Investment Network,
It is my pleasure to inform you about the launch of UNCTAD’s IIA
Mapping Project
database. The new database is part of UNCTAD's IIA
Navigator
and contains a detailed mapping of 1,400 international investment agreements
(IIAs).
The UNCTAD IIA Mapping Project offers a tool for policymakers and researchers
to analyse trends in the drafting of investment treaties. It builds upon
UNCTAD’s Investment
Policy Framework for Sustainable Development.
The IIA Mapping Project database allows users to:
- View elements of
over 1,400 investment treaties
- Select treaties based
on key elements (e.g. qualifiers for fair and equitable treatment, scope
of the expropriation clause or investor-State dispute settlement)
- Compare treaty elements
over time and across countries
Browsing
through the IIA Mapping Project database will help stakeholders prepare
for UNCTAD's High-level
IIA Conference,
scheduled for 19 July, as part of the 2016
World Investment Forum
in Nairobi, Kenya.
Individual treaties are mapped by law students from participating universities,
under the supervision of their professors and with the overall guidance
and coordination of UNCTAD.
We thank our
partners
– students and professors – at more than 25 universities around the globe
for their time and efforts in support of UNCTAD's IIA Mapping Project
With best regards,
James X. Zhan
Director, Investment and Enterprise
Head, World Investment Report team
UNCTAD
Palais des Nations, Geneva
Tel: 41229175760
http://unctad.org/diae
http://worldinvestmentreport.org
http://unctad-worldinvestmentforum.org/
