Rethinking Investment Treaties

Josef Ostřanský; Jonathan Bonnitcha

International investment treaties and their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system are facing growing scrutiny of how they threaten climate action, environmental protection, and social justice. But what would an alternative system—one fit for the challenges of the 21st century—look like?

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