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Publications from 2018

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Costs and Benefits of Investment Treaties: Practical Considerations for States, Lise Johnson, Jesse Coleman, Brooke Guven, and Lisa E. Sachs

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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

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Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Resourcing Green Technologies Through Smart Mineral Enterprise Development: A Case Analysis of Cobalt, Saleem Ali, Perrine Toledano, Nicolas Maennling, Nathaniel Hoffman, and Lola Aganga

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Implementing Shared-Use of Mining Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling

Publications from 2017

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CCSI Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Re: United States Country Visit, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Comments on the World Bank’s Draft Guidance Note for Borrowers ESS5: Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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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

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Amicus Brief on Rights to Information and Public Participation in Colombia, Brooke Guven, Sam Szoke-Burke, and Pedro Villegas

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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

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India’s Revised Model BIT: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?, Jesse Coleman and Kanika Gupta

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230+ Law and Economics Professors Urge President to Remove ISDS from NAFTA, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Green Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries, Lise Johnson

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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

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Comment on US Trade and Investment Agreements Submitted to USTR, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change, Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling, and Perrine Toledano

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Articulating a Rights-Based Argument for Land Contract Disclosure, Jesse Coleman and Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Public Consultation on a Multilateral Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Submission Regarding Amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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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

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The Settlement of Investment Disputes: A Discussion of Democratic Accountability and the Public Interest, Lise Johnson and Brooke Guven

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Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment Contracts, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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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

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Submission on the Draft General Comment on “State Obligations Under the ICESCR in the Context of Business Activities”, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Guide to Land Contracts: Forestry Projects, International Senior Lawyers Project, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, and Sam Szoke-Burke

Publications from 2016

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Beyond Trade Deals: Charting a Post-Brexit Course for UK Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Lorenzo Cotula

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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

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Submission to OPIC on Revisions to its Environmental and Social Policy Statement, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Outcome Report of Workshop on International Investment and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jesse Coleman

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International Investment Agreements: Impacts on Climate Change Policies in India, China and Beyond, Lise Johnson and Brooke Güven

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Here's the Deal, Sam Szoke-Burke

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220+ Law and Economics Professors Sign Letter Opposing ISDS in the TPP, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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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

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A Policy Framework to Approach the Use of Associated Petroleum Gas, Shay Banerjee and Perrine Toledano

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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

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Submission to the SEC on Addressing Land Tenure Risks Through Regulation S-K, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Employment from Mining and Agricultural Investments: How Much Myth, How Much Reality?, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Olle Östensson, and Perrine Toledano

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Space for Local Content Policies and Strategies, Lise Johnson

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TransCanada Lawsuit Highlights Need to Scuttle TPP, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven, and Lisa E. Sachs

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ResourceContracts.org – A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum Contracts, Sophie Thomashausen

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Recommending Transparency in Land-Based Investment: A Summary of Relevant Guidelines and Principles, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Transparency in Land-Based Investment: Key Questions and Next Steps, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Corporate Agricultural Investment and the Right to Food: Addressing Disparate Protections and Promoting Rights-Consistent Outcomes, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Anna Bulman

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Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Land Deals and the Law: Grievances, Human Rights, and Investor Protections, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Guide to Land Contracts: Agricultural Projects, International Senior Lawyers Project, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Periodic Review in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert

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A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra Leone, Herbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling, and Lisa E. Sachs

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Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?, Lisa E. Sachs

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The Outsized Costs of Investor–State Dispute Settlement, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs

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The Real Danger in TPP, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs

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Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Linkages to the Resource Sector: The Role of Companies, Governments, and International Development Cooperation, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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International Investment Law and the Extractive Industries Sector, Lise Johnson and Jesse Coleman

Publications from 2015

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Uncloaking the Secrecy Behind Large-Scale Land Deals, Jesse Coleman

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Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional Integration, Perrine Toledano

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Exploring the Link Between Food Security and Climate Change, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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The TPP’s Investment Chapter: Entrenching, Rather Than Reforming, a Flawed System, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs

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TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson

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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

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Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland

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Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable Future, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs

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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

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Natural Resource Contracts as a Tool for Managing the Mining Sector, David Kienzler, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, and Sam Szoke-Burke

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Wrong Direction on Climate, Trade and Development, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs

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Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson

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Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate Lobbies, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson

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Resource Resilience: How to Break the Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs and Nicolas Maennling

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Ripe for Refinement: The State’s Role in Interpretation of FET, MFN, and Shareholder Rights, Lise Johnson

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Eyes Wide Shut On ISDS, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson

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Comments on the World Bank’s Revised Draft Environmental and Social Framework, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Memo to the Obama Administration on the U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs

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New Weaknesses: Despite a Major Win, Arbitration Decisions in 2014 Increase the US’s Future Exposure to Litigation and Liability, Lise Johnson

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The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Lisa E. Sachs

Publications from 2014

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Outcome Report of Roundtable on Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIAs) of Large-Scale Foreign Investments, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Making Agricultural Investments Work for Land Users & Communities, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Meeting Summary of Colloquium on Policy, Law, Contracts, and Sustainable Development, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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Outcome Report of Roundtable on Governing Natural Resources, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

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International Investment Agreements: Are Their Policy Aims Served By Their Broad Definitions of Covered “Investors” and “Investments”?, Lise Johnson

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Toward Win-Win Sustainable Development, Linda Moon

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The Mauritius Convention on Transparency: Comments on the Rreaty and Its Role in Increasing Transparency of Investor-State Arbitration, Lise Johnson

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New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next Steps, Lise Johnson and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder

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Review Mechanisms in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert

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Leveraging Mining Demand for Internet and Telecommunications Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda

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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

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State Control over Interpretation of Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson and Merim Razbaevea

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The Impact of Investment Treaties on Governance of Private Investment in Infrastructure, Lise Johnson

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Leveraging Mining Investments in Water Infrastructure for Broad Economic Development: Models, Opportunities and Challenges, Perrine Toledano and Clara Roorda

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A Framework to Approach Shared-Use of Mining Related Infrastructure, Perrine Toledano, Sophie Thomashausen, Nicolas Maennling, and Alpa Shah

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Investment Treaties and Industrial Policy: Select Case Studies on State Liability for Efforts to Encourage, Shape and Regulate Economic Activities in Extractive Industries and Infrastructure, Lise Johnson

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Managing the Public Trust: How to Make Natural Resource Funds Work for Citizens, Andrew Bauer, Perrine Toledano, and Malan Rietveld

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Trading Away Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Olivier De Schutter

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State Liability for Regulatory Change: How International Investment Rules are Overriding Domestic Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov

Publications from 2013

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Leveraging Paraguay’s Hydropower for Sustainable Economic Development, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling

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Cameroon Pastoralists Fight for their Way of Life, Kaitlin Y. Cordes

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Memo to the Obama Administration on the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Lisa E. Sachs

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Mobil v. Canada – Ratcheting Down the Scope of Treaty Reservations, Lise Johnson