Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights and Investor Protections
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 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鈥� 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鈥� 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.
Citation
Cordes, K.Y.; Johnson, L.; Szoke-Burke, S. Land Deal Dilemmas: Grievances, Human Rights and Investor Protections. Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, New York, USA (2016) 54 pp.
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