{"id":6716,"date":"2017-03-13T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iisd.org\/itn\/?p=6716"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:27:30","slug":"exhaustion-of-local-remedies-in-international-investment-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2017\/03\/13\/exhaustion-of-local-remedies-in-international-investment-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhaustion of Local Remedies in International Investment Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Martin Dietrich Brauch, Published by <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips32'>IISD<\/span>, January 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The customary international law rule of exhaustion of local remedies (ELR) aims at safeguarding state sovereignty by requiring individuals to seek redress for any harm allegedly caused by a state within its domestic legal system before pursuing international proceedings against that state. Investment tribunals\u2014ruling on their own jurisdiction\u2014have generally dispensed with the rule, allowing foreign investors initiate a claim without prior recourse to the host state\u2019s administrative or judicial courts. In recent years, several states have reintroduced a mandatory requirement to pursue or exhaust local remedies in their investment treaties, and other states are considering a similar path. This advisory bulletin, part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iisd.org\/project\/investment-policy-best-practices-advisory-bulletins\">IISD\u2019s Best Practices Series<\/a>, reviews state-of-the-art approaches and policy options for ELR in international investment law, based on lessons learned from customary international law, international human rights law, and investment treaty practice and jurisprudence. 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