Session 2.2. Policy Framework for Investment: the social and environmental dimensions

Forum Presentations

• Promoting Sustainable Development Through Free Trade Agreements, Julius Langendorff, European Commission
• EU-ACP Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) of Economic Partnership Agreements:Integrating sustainable development into Economic Partnership Agreements, Jochen Krimphoff, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Paris
• Reconciling regulatory stability and evolution of social and environmental standards: Towards a rethink of stabilization clauses, Lorenzo Cotula, International Institute for Environment and Development

OECD documentation

• OECD (2008). International Investment Agreements: A survey of Environmental, Labour and anti-corruption issues
• OECD (2008). Update on Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Developments in 2007
• OECD (2007). Environment and Regional Trade Agreements
• OECD (2005). Environment and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• OECD (various years). Annual Report on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

External documentation

• Litigating environmental disputes: courts, tribunals and the progressive development of international environmental law, Philippe Sands
• Background on US and EU approaches to labor and environment chapters in Free Trade Agreements, Huma Muhaddisoglu & Mark Kantor
• Regulatory Takings, Stabilization Clauses and Sustainable Development, Lorenzo Cotula
• Investissements et droits de l'homme, Lahra Liberti
• Arbitrage d'investissement et promotion du développement économique : une étude de cas, Florian Grisel
• International investment agreements, business and human rights: key issues and opportunities, Howard Mann
• The Social Dimension of International Investment Agreements: Drafting a New BIT/MIT Model?, Federico Ortino
• Stabilization Clauses and Human Rights, Andrea Shemberg
• Strengthening the social dimension of international investment agreements by integrating codes of conduct for multinational enterprises, Leyla Davarnejad
• UNCTAD (2008). Guidance on Corporate Responsibility Indicators in Annual Reports
• UNCTAD (2006). Guidance on Good Practices in Corporate Governance Disclosure
• UNCTAD (2005). Positive Corporate Contributions to the Economic and Social Development of Host Developing Countries. Note prepared by the UNCTAD Secretariat