OECD work on international investment law

The OECD is a leading forum where treaty negotiators and experts from OECD and non-OECD countries work together to enhance common understanding of core treaty provisions and emerging legal issues and to improve outcomes of international investment agreements for governments and investors. The list below provides a comprehensive overview of work published by the OECD to date.

2010 |  2008 |  2007 |  2006 | 2005 |  2004 | 1998 |  1967

2011

• Environmental concerns in international investment agreements: a survey, OECD Working Paper on International Investment, No. 2011/1

2010

• Foreign state immunity and foreign government controlled investors, OECD Working Paper on International Investment, No. 2010/2 
• Intellectual property rights in international investment agreements, OECD Working Paper on International Investment, No. 2010/1 

2008

• Definition of investor and investment in international investment agreements
• Interpretation of the umbrella clause in investment agreements
• A survey of environmental, labour and anti-corruption issues in international investment agreements

2007

• The interaction between investment and services chapters in selected regional trade agreements [ French ]
• Essential security interests under international investment law

2006

• Novel features in recent OECD bilateral investment treaties
• Improving the system of investor-state dispute settlement
• Consolidation of claims: A promising avenue for investment arbitration

2005

• Transparency and third party participation in investor-state dispute settlement procedures
• "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in international investment law
• Fair and equitable treatment standard in international investment law
• Most-favoured-nation treatment in international investment law

2004

• Relationships between international investment agreements, OECD Working Paper on International Investment, No. 2004/1

1998

• Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Documents relating to the 1995-1998 Negotiations www.oecd.org/daf/mai
  This database contains a large quantity of documents relating to the negotiations on a proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) between 1995 and 1998. It is designed to help interested parties gain a full understanding of the history and substance of these negotiations.

1967

• The Protection of Foreign Property: Draft Convention and Resolution of the Council