Africa, BIT, Business and Human Rights Arbitration, Human Rights, Regime Interaction, Treaty, Treaty drafting
Notes From Practice: Announcing The SIFCA Framework – Is The Confluence Of Investment Protection With Business And Human Rights The Future Of Investment Treaties?
This post shares a development of potential significance, i.e., the drafting of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation & Cooperation Agreement (SIFCA), a next-generation model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) developed for The Gambia, a sovereign State in West Africa and one of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs). This post continues the discussion raised in January 2021,…