Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Ph.D, International Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The right to water in investment arbitration has been one of the most contentious issues before investment arbitration tribunals in recent decades. The privatization of public services, including water and sanitation, and assigning them to foreign investors has caused the right to water as a vital benefit being repeatedly raised in investment arbitrations. However, due to tribunals’ narrow interpretation of jurisdiction and applicable law, this fundamental human right has been considered irrelevant and ignored, and this has fueled the legitimacy crises in investment arbitration. This research seeks to indicate the potentiality of more protection of the right to water through balancing the states international obligations in the two areas of investment law and human rights law. Proposed methods for integrating human rights with investment law include the correct interpretation of jurisdictional clauses and the applicable law based on the treaties interpretation principles, systematic integration and the inclusion of new clauses in investment agreements.
Keywords
الف- فارسی
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- ضیایی، سیدیاسر، «جایگاه تعهدات زیست‌محیطی در حقوق بین‌الملل سرمایه‌گذاری»، فصلنامه پژوهش حقوق عمومی، سال پانزدهم، شماره 42، (1393).
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