Stakeholder Session on UNCITRAL ISDS Reform Process
Over one year into the process of investor–state arbitration reform, what are perspectives on the process, its outcomes and next steps?
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is currently engaged in a process to consider reform of investor–state arbitration (also known as investor–state dispute settlement or ISDS). ISDS has emerged as one of the controversial issues in the field of international economic governance, and when thinking about the roles, rights and responsibilities of states, multinational enterprises and citizens.
Alongside the UNCITRAL negotiations, which took place October 29–November 2 in Vienna, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), UNCITRAL, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) organized a session for interested members of the public (including civil society, academia, and practitioners) and government officials to present their views on the issues being discussed at UNCITRAL.
When: October 31, 2018, 6:00–9:00 pm
6:00–6:20 pm – Registration with coffee and light snacks
6:20–8:15 pm – Presentations
8:15–9:00 pm – Reception
Cosponsored by:
International Institute for Sustainable Development, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law , the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and the International Institute for Environment and Development.
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