The World Trade Institute (WTI) of the University of Bern hosts a conference entitled "Is a Multilateral Investment Treaty Needed?" on June 19, 2017 with the support of the World Economic Forum and the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS). Attempts at crafting a multilateral agreement on investment have proven repeatedly contentious. The question of […]

UNIGE–IISD Lunch Series on Investment Disputes Companies are increasingly relying on international trade and investment agreements as a tool to challenge domestic regulatory measures. The proceedings backed by Philip Morris and its affiliates are a telling story in this respect. The battlefield challenging states’ regulations on tobacco products has expanded from domestic courts to international […]

The Global Forum brings together stakeholders from business, trade unions, civil society and academia to debate key global social and economic challenges related to responsible business conduct.

The Research Centre on Procurement Law and International Investments (CREDIMI) (French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) & University of Burgundy), in association with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, has organised a series of three seminars on selected topics in investment treaty arbitration. Over the last three decades, investment arbitration has emerged as the predominant method […]

Increased international investment in agriculture can accelerate sustainable development and help to meet growing food security needs at domestic, regional, and global levels. Yet, if not structured equitably or regulated carefully, investments can also lead to social and environmental degradation. These risks have only heightened as investments in land for agriculture have become increasingly attractive […]

The course will focus on the links between trade, investment, finance and development, including in the context of international trade negotiations.

Through an intensive course, government officials will increase their knowledge of crucial procedural and substantive aspects of investment law, better equipping them to deal with this complex and ever-evolving field with wide ranging implications for myriad areas of law and policy, and direct consequences for host-state liability.

WTO PUBLIC FORUM 2017, “Trade: Behind the Headlines,” Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.wto.org/pf17

COLLOQUIUM, “International Investment Law & the Law of Armed Conflict,” AthensPIL of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Faculty of Law (Greece); the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS); the Research Centre on Procurement Law and International Investment (CREDIMI) of the University of Burgundy (France) and the Faculty of Law of the University of […]

UNCTAD ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL IIA CONFERENCE, “Phase 2 of IIA Reform,” Geneva, Switzerland, http://investmentpolicyhub. unctad.org/Pages/unctad-annual-high-level-iia-conference-phase- 2-of-iia-reform

WORLD BANK CIVIL SOCIETY PUBLIC FORUM, World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings, Washington D.C., United States, http://www.worldbank.org/en/ events/2017/10/13/civil-society-policy-forum

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017, “Managing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining,” Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), Geneva, Switzerland, http://igfmining.org/agm-2017

UNIGE–IISD LUNCH SERIES ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES, University of Geneva (UNIGE) & International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.iisd.org/project/ unige-iisd-lunch-series-investment-disputes

3rd SESSION OF THE OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/ WGTransCorp/Session3/Pages/Session3.aspx

REGIONAL CONFERENCE “International Investment Policies: The way forward,” UNCTAD, Republic of Azerbaijan, International Energy Charter, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), Baku, Azerbaijan, http://ipcbaku.com

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “Global Currents in International Investment Law,” Centre for International Law (National University of Singapore), Singapore, https://cil.nus.edu.sg/siaa-2017-conference- global-currents-in-international-investment-law

WORKSHOP “International Investment Treaties and National Governance,” Centre for International Law (National University of Singapore), Singapore, https://cil.nus.edu.sg/call-for-papers- international-investment-treaties-and-national-governance

2017 UN FORUM ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, “Realizing Access to Effective Remedy,” Of ce of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.ohchr. org/EN/Issues/Business/Forum/Pages/2017ForumBHR.aspx

34th SESSION OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP III, “Investor– State Dispute Settlement Reform,” United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Vienna, Austria, http://www.uncitral. org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/3Investor_State.html

UNIGE–IISD LUNCH SERIES ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES, Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.iisd.org/project/unige-iisd-lunch- series-investment-disputes