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Influencing the Future of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System through the Investment Chapter of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)
October 12, 2021 At 10:00 am to 11:30 am EDT
3:00pm – 4:30pm Western European Time (WET).
WAU’s panel on African States and its influence on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System will discuss the efficacy of various attempts to achieve reform of ISDS across the African continent by the opting out of ISDS that a few States have chosen, termination of investment treaties and/or negotiation of new treaties. Particularly, the panel will address:
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- The experience of African States in investment arbitration.
- The development of the Investment Protocol of the AfCFTA.
- Whether the Investment Protocol will introduce changes into the African investment landscape and how those changes may impact existing ISDS? and
- Whether the latest treaties negotiated by African States include innovative features balancing protection of foreign investment and the State’s rights to regulate and demand respect of international labour, environmental and social corporate responsibility standards?
