Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, International Law, Mofid University, Qom, Iran
2 Ph.D Student, International Law, Mofid University, Qom, Iran
Abstract
Environmental considerations have always been a challenge for foreign investment. The need to observe environmental minimums from the beginning to the end of the investment is also a concern of environmental law activists. In the meantime, the host state faces sometimes conflicting commitments. State dual obligations to foreign investors on the one hand, and the whole citizens on the other, has in many cases led to disputes, rooted in environmental norms. The main question is how the arbitration mechanism can take an active stand in the face of such disputes? The main purpose of this study is to examine the reflection of these conflicts in investment arbitration and the importance and role of arbitration in improving the environmental status. The authors of this paper believe that the arbitration system has tools that it can use in resolving disputes to balance these conflicting obligations. Some of these legal tools are directly or indirectly related to investment agreements, and others are beyond the treaty and based on international principles, rules, customs and practices.
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کتاب‌ها
-آقایی، بهمن، فرهنگ حقوقی بهمن (انگلیسی-فارسی) (تهران: کتابخانه گنج دانش، 1387).
- سوبدی، سوریا، حقوق بینالملل سرمایهگذاری، آشتی سیاست و اصول، محمد حبیبی مجنده (قم: دانشگاه مفید، 1398).
- هدایتی، وحید، تعامل داوری سرمایهگذاری خارجی با حقوق عمومی (تهران: انتشارات خرسندی، 1395).
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