Document Type
Report/Policy Paper
Publication Date
3-2016
Abstract
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and host governments seeking to address those grievances must navigate a complicated landscape of legal obligations and pragmatic considerations. This report, funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development, focuses on practical solutions for governments confronting grievances that arise from large-scale investments in agricultural or forestry projects.
The report considers such solutions in the context of governments’ legal obligations, particularly those imposed by international investment law, international human rights law, and investor-state contracts. Understanding the implications of this diverse range of legal obligations is particularly important in light of investors’ growing recourse to international investment arbitration, which can expose a government to liability under an international investment treaty for actions that may be in the best interest of a country and its citizens. Analyzing such obligations is a useful first step for a government seeking to protect its citizens against the negative impacts of land-based investments.
Disciplines
Agriculture Law | Environmental Law | Human Rights Law | International Humanitarian Law | International Law | Land Use Law | Law | Natural Resources Law | Securities Law | Transnational Law
Recommended Citation
Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson & Sam Szoke-Burke,
Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections,
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/61
Included in
Agriculture Law Commons, Environmental Law Commons, Human Rights Law Commons, International Humanitarian Law Commons, International Law Commons, Land Use Law Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, Securities Law Commons, Transnational Law Commons
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