Formation/Cours

Students who successfully complete the course are expected to:
(i) Have a detailed understanding of the key concepts of investment protection and forms of dispute settlement, and be able to apply them to hypothetical cases
(ii) Be able to critically reflect on international investment law rules and arbitral decisions
(iii) Be able to offer reasoned arguments as to the interpretation and application of investment treaties
(iv) Be able to engage with topical issues in the discipline, including controversies
(v) Have developed transferable research and analytical skills and demonstrate autonomous judgment
(vi) Have developed the communication skills necessary to clearly articulate and convey complex information about international investment law to experts and non-experts

This course will offer an introduction to the fundamental themes and issues of international investment law. International investment is one of the key drivers of economic development. It provides access to capital and facilitates technology and know-how transfers, it creates jobs, and it contributes to the development of infrastructure and to poverty reduction. But once established abroad international investment can face enormous risks. International investment law studies the legal framework that addresses these risks. The course will cover substantive protections offered foreign investors through international investment treaties and access to investment arbitration, when investors allege a violation of substantive treaty standards.