1. 1
Two lectures on international investment law:
(1) General issues of international investment law
(2) Minimum standards of treatment in international
investment law – Lecture and cases
Professor Mads Andenas
2. 2
Reading for General issues of international
investment law
Reread from 3/2: Dolzer and Schreuer pp. 1-
30
• Mandatory: Dolzer and Schreuer pp. 46-70
• Supplementary: Bishop, Crawford and
Reisman, Foreign Investment Disputes
(Kluwer Law International 2005), pp. 1-17,
491-501, 517-521, 526-530, 555-562.
3. 3
Primary materials for general issues of
international investment law
• Primary materials:
• ICSID Convention
• Energy Charter Treaty Parts I, III and V.
• NAFTA Chapter XI.
4. 4
General issues of international investment law to
be discussed
The Norwegian Government’s proposal for Model
for Future Investment Agreements and the
submissions in the public consultation. There is
an English translation of the Model and several
of the submissions are
• http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dok/Horin
ger/Horingsdokumenter/2008/horing---modell-
for-investeringsavtaler/-4.html?id=496026
• TSA Spectrum de Argentina SA v Argentina,
Award, ICSID Case No ARB/05/5; IIC 358
(2008), 19 December 2008. You find the award
on http://www.investmentclaims.com/
5. 5
Introduction to international investment law
The development of international investment
law
The basic model: restriction of host state
sovereignty in order to attract foreign
investment
Treaty law and customary international law
Evolving treaty practice
6. 6
Investors
• Who can be an ’investor’:
• Individuals,
• companies,
• nationality and
• shareholders
13. 13
Saluka v Czech Republic
• Saluka v Czech Republic, Partial Award,
17 March 2006.
14. 14
Norwegian model
The Norwegian Government’s proposal for
Model for Future Investment Agreements
and the submissions in the public
consultation.
See for instance the submission by the
NCHR
