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International investment law in an isolationist world: a human rights perspective

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:05 authored by Edward GuntripEdward Guntrip
Political events in 2016 marked a fundamental shift in the world order. The scale of the shift has precipitated claims that the world has entered into a new international order characterised by isolationist policies. This article addresses the validity of these claims with regards to international investment law. The article adopts a human rights perspective to argue that isolationist State conduct in international investment law can often be justified as an exercise of the right to economic self-determination. As the right to self-determination has been invoked in debates regarding international investment law since the 1960s and 1970s, it is suggested that some isolationist State practice is merely the latest manifestation of on-going policy tensions within the international investment law regime.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Human Rights and International Legal Discourse

ISSN

1783-7014

Publisher

Intersentia

Issue

2

Volume

12

Page range

138-152

Department affiliated with

  • Law Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-07-06

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-12-12

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-07-06

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