This contribution focuses on three aspects of interpretation of investment treaties in which the time element plays an important role. First, it deals with the possibility that a term used in a treaty is capable of evolving over time and its role in investment law. Second, it deals with...

Sustainable development in the fields of human rights and environment has been in the works for decades since its introduction by the Brundtland Commission Report in 1987. While the World Trade Organization has taken to incentivizing sustainable development, international investment law and...

Observers of the international investment law (IIL) system regularly complain about the system’s lack of transparency and accountability. Major reform efforts, both past and present, inevitably turn to “more transparency” as a solution to the system’s problems. But what does transparency...

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is discussing the establishment of an Advisory Centre on International Investment Law, to assist under-resourced developing countries in issues related to international investment law. This Note focusses on three important issues central...