Document Type : Research Paper
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Abstract
Despite periodic efforts to codify the international rules governing flows of
foreign investment in a single multilateral instrument, these rules continue to
exist in a bewildering patchwork of bilateral and regional treaties which have
proliferated since the late 1950s. With regard to the lack of such a
comprehensive codified law on foreign investment, Bilateral Investment Treaties
(BITs) came into existence in order to provide more protection for foreign
investment. These treaties impose further obligations on the host States in order
to ensure the security of the foreign investor. However, the host States are
obliged simultaneously to respect and protect human rights. Thus, it seems that
the controversy lies in the interplay of fundamental human rights obligations in
BITs which have brought negative impacts on human rights issues thereof.
Keywords
- محبی، محسن،( 1386 )، مباحثی از حقوق نفت و گاز در پرتو رویه داوری بین المللی :
سلب مالکیت و غرامت در قراردادهای نفتی، چاپ اول، تهران: شهر دانش.
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