Publications from 2018
Costs and Benefits of Investment Treaties: Practical Considerations for States, Lise Johnson, Jesse Coleman, Brooke Guven, and Lisa E. Sachs
Il Contributo Delle Compagnie Oil & Gas nel Raggiungimento Degli Obiettivi Energetici e Climatici (How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change), Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling, and Perrine Toledano
Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Resourcing Green Technologies Through Smart Mineral Enterprise Development: A Case Analysis of Cobalt, Saleem Ali, Perrine Toledano, Nicolas Maennling, Nathaniel Hoffman, and Lola Aganga
Implementing Shared-Use of Mining Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling
Publications from 2017
CCSI Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Re: United States Country Visit, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Comments on the World Bank’s Draft Guidance Note for Borrowers ESS5: Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
At the Intersection of Land Grievances and Legal Liability: The Need to Reconsider Contract Rights and Expectations at the Supranational Level, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Amicus Brief on Rights to Information and Public Participation in Colombia, Brooke Guven, Sam Szoke-Burke, and Pedro Villegas
International Gas Outlook and Implications for Developing Tanzania’s Gas Projects, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano, and Thomas Mitro
The Role of IPAs in Advancing Sustainable Development, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies
India’s Revised Model BIT: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?, Jesse Coleman and Kanika Gupta
230+ Law and Economics Professors Urge President to Remove ISDS from NAFTA, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Green Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries, Lise Johnson
Designing a Legal Regime to Capture Capital Gains Tax on Indirect Transfers of Mineral and Petroleum Rights: A Practical Guide, Perrine Toledano, John Bush, and Jacky Mandelbaum
Comment on US Trade and Investment Agreements Submitted to USTR, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change, Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling, and Perrine Toledano
Articulating a Rights-Based Argument for Land Contract Disclosure, Jesse Coleman and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Public Consultation on a Multilateral Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Submission Regarding Amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Briefing Note: A Collaborative Approach to Human Rights Impact Assessments, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Sciences Po Law School Clinic
The Settlement of Investment Disputes: A Discussion of Democratic Accountability and the Public Interest, Lise Johnson and Brooke Guven
Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment Contracts, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
A Collaborative Approach to Human Rights Impact Assessments, Sam Szoke-Burke, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Tulika Bansal, Manon Aubrey, Adrien Le Louarn, Jeremy Perelman, and Marie Poirot
Submission on the Draft General Comment on “State Obligations Under the ICESCR in the Context of Business Activities”, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Guide to Land Contracts: Forestry Projects, International Senior Lawyers Project, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Publications from 2016
Beyond Trade Deals: Charting a Post-Brexit Course for UK Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Lorenzo Cotula
Conference Report: Climate Change and Sustainable Investment in Natural Resources: From Consensus to Action, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Submission to OPIC on Revisions to its Environmental and Social Policy Statement, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Outcome Report of Workshop on International Investment and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jesse Coleman
International Investment Agreements: Impacts on Climate Change Policies in India, China and Beyond, Lise Johnson and Brooke Güven
Here's the Deal, Sam Szoke-Burke
220+ Law and Economics Professors Sign Letter Opposing ISDS in the TPP, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Mining a Mirage: Reassessing the Shared-Value Paradigm in Light of the Technological Advances in the Mining Sector, Aaron Cosbey, Howard Mann, Nicolas Maennling, Perrine Toledano, Jeff Geipel, and Martin Dietrich Brauch
A Policy Framework to Approach the Use of Associated Petroleum Gas, Shay Banerjee and Perrine Toledano
Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, United Nations Development Programme, and World Economic Forum
Submission to the SEC on Addressing Land Tenure Risks Through Regulation S-K, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Employment from Mining and Agricultural Investments: How Much Myth, How Much Reality?, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Olle Östensson, and Perrine Toledano
Space for Local Content Policies and Strategies, Lise Johnson
TransCanada Lawsuit Highlights Need to Scuttle TPP, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven, and Lisa E. Sachs
ResourceContracts.org – A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum Contracts, Sophie Thomashausen
Recommending Transparency in Land-Based Investment: A Summary of Relevant Guidelines and Principles, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Transparency in Land-Based Investment: Key Questions and Next Steps, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Corporate Agricultural Investment and the Right to Food: Addressing Disparate Protections and Promoting Rights-Consistent Outcomes, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Anna Bulman
Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Land Deals and the Law: Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Guide to Land Contracts: Agricultural Projects, International Senior Lawyers Project, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Periodic Review in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert
A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra Leone, Herbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling, and Lisa E. Sachs
Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?, Lisa E. Sachs
The Outsized Costs of Investor–State Dispute Settlement, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
The Real Danger in TPP, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Linkages to the Resource Sector: The Role of Companies, Governments, and International Development Cooperation, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
International Investment Law and the Extractive Industries Sector, Lise Johnson and Jesse Coleman
Publications from 2015
Uncloaking the Secrecy Behind Large-Scale Land Deals, Jesse Coleman
Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional Integration, Perrine Toledano
Exploring the Link Between Food Security and Climate Change, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
The TPP’s Investment Chapter: Entrenching, Rather Than Reforming, a Flawed System, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Next Generation Treaty – India’s New Model BIT Makes it Clear that its Goal is to Accomplish More than Investor Protection, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Sudhanshu Roy
Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland
Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable Future, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Memo to Prime Minister Cameron on the Revision of the U.K. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Sam Szoke-Burke
Natural Resource Contracts as a Tool for Managing the Mining Sector, David Kienzler, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Wrong Direction on Climate, Trade and Development, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate Lobbies, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Resource Resilience: How to Break the Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs and Nicolas Maennling
Ripe for Refinement: The State’s Role in Interpretation of FET, MFN, and Shareholder Rights, Lise Johnson
Eyes Wide Shut On ISDS, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Comments on the World Bank’s Revised Draft Environmental and Social Framework, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Memo to the Obama Administration on the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Lisa E. Sachs
Publications from 2014
Outcome Report of Roundtable on Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) of Large-Scale Foreign Investments, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Making Agricultural Investments Work for Land Users & Communities, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Meeting Summary of Colloquium on Policy, Law, Contracts, and Sustainable Development, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Outcome Report of Roundtable on Governing Natural Resources, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Toward Win-Win Sustainable Development, Linda Moon
New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next Steps, Lise Johnson and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Review Mechanisms in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert
Leveraging Mining Demand for Internet and Telecommunications Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda
Why Good Governance of Land and Tenure Security Need to be Part of the Sustainable Development Goal Framework, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Sustainable Development Solutions Network
State Control over Interpretation of Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Merim Razbaevea
The Impact of Investment Treaties on Governance of Private Investment in Infrastructure, Lise Johnson
Leveraging Mining Investments in Water Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda
A Framework to Approach Shared-Use of Mining Related Infrastructure, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, Nicolas Maennling, and Alpa Shah
Managing the Public Trust: How to Make Natural Resource Funds Work for Citizens, Andrew Bauer, Perrine Toledano, and Malan Rietveld
Trading Away Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Olivier De Schutter
State Liability for Regulatory Change: How International Investment Rules are Overriding Domestic Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov
Publications from 2013
Leveraging Paraguay’s Hydropower for Sustainable Economic Development, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling
Cameroon Pastoralists Fight for their Way of Life, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Memo to the Obama Administration on the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs
Mobil v. Canada – Ratcheting Down the Scope of Treaty Reservations, Lise Johnson