{"id":8349,"date":"2021-03-23T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/itn\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:31:43","slug":"itn-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2021\/03\/23\/itn-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"ITN March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PDF \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-march-2021-english.pdf\">English<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB) \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-mars-2021-francais.pdf\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-marzo-2021-espanol.pdf\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>\u00a0(1 MB)<\/p>\n<h2>Insights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rethinking investment law from the ground up: Extractivism, human rights, and investment treaties. 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