Public Law Researsh

Scope of Obligation of the Host State for Protection of Foreign Investor in Armed Conflicts

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Abolghasem Shahbazian 1
Sadegh Salimi 2

1 Ph.D. Student, International Law, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of International Law, Central Tehran Branch Faculty of Law, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjpl.2020.48167.2284
Abstract
Measures taken by governments during armed conflict to safeguard their essential interests sometimes cause damages to foreign investors. The investors thus affected seek remedies in the arbitration tribunals invoking breach of host government obligations to protect investments. The host government also usually attempts to assert as defense non-precluded measures to prove its irresponsibility, or if it proves responsible, justify it by resorting to circumstances precluding wrongfulness in the customary international law. But since different courts do not consider the same requirements to invoke these rules, there is no certainty that the parties to the lawsuit will be able to invoke them and, as a result, the scope of government's obligations to protect the foreign investor during the armed conflict is obscure. To clarify the scope of the host government's obligations to protect the foreign investor during armed conflicts and balance the interests of the investor and the host government during the investment disputes arising from the armed conflict, this article explores the possibility and requirements of invoking circumstances precluding wrongfulness and non-precluded measures and the relationship between them.    

Keywords

Non-Precluded Measures
Customary International Law
Foreign Investment
Armed Conflicts
Interests of the Host State
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Public Law Researsh
Volume 23, Issue 74
Spring 2022
Pages 9-38

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