Investment Treaty News
Investment Treaty News is IISD's long-running flagship journal, offering our global readership the latest news, analysis, and ideas on how international investment impacts sustainable development. A must-read for investment policy-makers and academics across the world.
Investment Treaty News (ITN) has been providing news, analysis, and new thinking on the link between investment law and policy and sustainable development since 2001. Beginning life as a Listserv platform for decision-makers, government officials, practitioners, researchers, students, and others to exchange topical information and views, ITN has since evolved into a trilingual web-based platform and quarterly publication serving a community of over 5,000 subscribers across the world. It provides:
- Analysis: Insights from a wide range of contributors on issues and topics at the intersection of investment law and policy and sustainable development.
- News: Brief reports on the latest developments in this sphere—including the work of UNCITRAL Working Group III on investor–state dispute settlement reform, the structured discussions on investment facilitation at the World Trade Organization, and the Energy Charter Treaty modernization negotiations.
- Awards: Summaries and analyses of recent investment arbitration awards and decisions with sustainable development implications.
- Resources: Links to books, publications, and other resources of interest to the international investment community.
- Events: A calendar of investment-related events and activities.
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Latest issues
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Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2023
This issue focuses on topics such as how national investment laws can support the sustainable governance of FDI, investment treaties and gender equality, tax incentives as investment promotion tool, and more.
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Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2023
This issue explores the link between investment facilitation and sustainable development, the AfCTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights, and repercussions from the Lone Star Award.
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Volume 14, Issue 2, June 2023
This issue deals with issues such as the African Continental Free Trade Area, investor rights and obligations, ICJ and international protection standards, and how investment treaties can help develop Indonesia's electric vehicle industry.
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Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2023
This issue tackles topics such as the draft Code of Conduct discussed at the 44th Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III, international investment law and repressive state power, and the WTO draft Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement.
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Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022
This issue analyzes topics including how claimants use sustainable development in investor-state dispute settlement and the screening of Chinese foreign direct investments.
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022
This issue features analysis on topics such as investment agreements and the rule of law in Singapore, talks at UNCITRAL WGIII on the assessment of damages and compensation, and the Hague Rules on Human Rights Arbitration.
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