Some Basic Links for Int'l Investment Law

The following documents shall not be unfamiliar to a student doing international investment law.

– 2004 USA Model BIT (Bilateral Investment Treaty) (PDF)

– ICSID Convention

– North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 11

– Energy Charter Treaty

– World Bank Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment (PDF)

– International Law Commission Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

Other useful website:

– http://www.unctadxi.org/templates/DocSearch____779.aspx (search engine for BITs)

– http://ita.law.uvic.ca/chronological_list.htm (list of cases)

– http://www.investmentclaims.com/ (information on foreign investment law instruments and jurisprudence)

– http://www.naftaclaims.com/