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Ms. Diane A. Desierto

Ms. Diane A. Desierto
Associate Professor of Human Rights Law & Global Affairs
Keough School of Global Affairs
University of Notre Dame

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International Economic Law
Foreign Investment
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Investment Law
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International Economic Law
Foreign Investment
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Investment Law
A. Legal Instruments

Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and Pakistan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, Bonn, 25 November 1959, United Nations, Treaty Seriesvol. 457, p. 23.  

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations,  Treaty Series, vol. 993, p. 3.  

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1155, p. 331. 

North American Free Trade Agreement, Washington/Ottawa/Mexico City, 17 December 1992.  

Agreement between Japan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan concerning the Promotion and Protection of Investment, Tokyo, 10 March 1998.  

Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, International Law Commission, 2001.  

Agreement between the Republic of Austria and Malta on the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments, Vienna, 29 May 2002.  

Agreement between the Belgo-Luxemburg Economic Union, on the one hand, and the Serbia and Montenegro, on the other hand, on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments, 6 March 2004. 

Treaty between the United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, Mar del Plata, 4 November 2005.  

Agreement between the government of the United Mexican States and the government of the Republic of India on the Promotion and Protection of Investments, 21 May 2007.  

Treaty between the government of the United States of America and the government of the Republic of Rwanda concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, Kigali, 19 February 2008.  

Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, 27 February 2009. 

Agreement between Canada and the Czech Republic for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, Prague, 6 May 2009.    

Comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union and its Member States, Brussels, 30 October 2016.   

B. Jurisprudence

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Saluka Investments B.V. v. Czech Republic, Partial Award of 17 March 2006

Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Berschader and Berschader v. Russian Federation, SCC Case No 080/2004, Award of 21 April 2006. 

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania, Award of 24 July 2008, Case No. ARB/05/22. 

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. Argentine Republic, Award of 30 July 2010, Case No. ARB/03/19. 

International Court of Justice, Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo), Compensation, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2012, p. 324.  

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Micula and others v. Romania, Award of 11 December 2013, Case No. ARB/05/20.   

C. Documents

Organization for Economic Development and Co-operation, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Paris, 2011.  

Southern African Development Community, SADC Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Template with Commentary, July 2012.  

Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights (IGWG), Revised draft of a legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, 16 July 2019.