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2nd Singapore Conference on International Investment Arbitration – International Investment Agreements (IIAs) and Financial Crises
Introduction:
There have been some important cases and alterations in investment treaty provisions since the financial crisis of 2008. This Conference explored how policy space may be constrained by international investment agreements (IIAs) particularly when a host state tries to respond to a financial crisis. It reviewed the Argentine case but also looked at other experiences, for example, Singapore, ASEAN as well as some other Asian states have since modified their IIAs. Will this trend continue and what impact will it have on the case law in the future?
Topics included:
– FINANCIAL CRISES AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS
– EXCEPTION CLAUSES
– SELF JUDGING CLAUSES AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS
Conference eFlyer:
To download the conference eFlyer in PDF format, please click here.
PowerPoint Presentations presented at the 2011 Conference:
Session 1: Financial Crises and International Investment Agreements
1. Jürgen KURTZ, Director, Int’l Investment Law Research Programme, University of Melbourne, State Recalibration of Investment Treaties: Causes, Embodiments and Implication
2. Michael EWING-CHOW, Head, Trade Law & Policy, Centre for International Law, Trends and Tensions between Old and New IIAs
Session 2: Exception Clauses
1. Professor Giorgio SACERDOTI, Former WTO AB Member, Int’l and European Law, Bocconi University, Milan, General Exceptions Clauses: WTO and International Investment Agreements (IIAs) Experience
2. Dr Joachim KARL, Chief, Policy Research Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD, National Security Exceptions in International Investment Agreements
3. Melida HODGSON, Foley Hoag LLP, National Security Exceptions in International Investment AgreementsConcept of Necessity in Investment Arbitration: The Competing Interest of Investors and Host States
Session 3: Self Judging Clauses and International Investment Agreements
1. Dr Stephan SCHILL, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law, Self Judging Clauses in International Dispute Settlement: Overview and Context
2. Dr Silvina González NAPOLITANO, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s experience with self judging clauses: Impact on future treaty negotiations