OECD

2022 in Review, Environment, ESG, Human Rights, International environmental disputes, International Investment Law, OECD, Paris Agreement

(University of Bristol) and (University of Wollongong)/ /Leave a comment

2022 was arguably the year when climate change entered the mainstream of policymaking in the investment treaty regime, with a particular focus on aligning the regime with international climate commitments, most notably the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, debates over the interaction between the investment treaty regime and climate mitigation efforts have been active for around 15…

CAS arbitration, OECD, Paris Arbitration Week, PCA, WIPO

(City-Yuwa Partners )/ /Leave a comment

During the Paris Arbitration Week, Savoie Laporte hosted a virtual panel discussion entitled “International Organizations as Users and Providers of International Arbitration”. The webinar was moderated by Pierre-Olivier Laporte (Co-founder of the international law boutique Savoie Laporte) and featured four speakers from intergovernmental organizations (IOs).   OECD and WADA as Users of International Arbitration Lucie…

foreign direct investment, Investment, Investment Arbitration, Investment law, Investment protection, OECD

(Columbia Law School)/ /Leave a comment

The OECD Secretariat launched, in 2018, a “FDI qualities project”. Its objective is to provide governments with a tool kit to attract investment that contributes as much as possible to sustainable development. For that purpose, the project has identified five clusters of “FDI qualities indicators”: productivity-innovation, skills, job quality, gender, and carbon footprint. These indicators…

Arbitration, BEPS Convention, OECD, Tax

(Temple Tax Chambers; King’s College London)/ /Leave a comment

“A camel is an animal designed by a committee” – Anonymous In launching the BEPS programme in 2013, the OECD warned that replacement of the current consensus-based framework by unilateral measures, could lead to global tax chaos marked by the massive re-emergence of double taxation (OECD: Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2013))….