The protection of national security in IIAs /

The challenge for governments is to find an appropriate balance -- ensuring a sufficient level of protection for its national security interests, while at the same time ensuring that investment protection is still strong enough to keep the country attractive for foreign investors. The review underta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2009.
Colección:UNCTAD series on international investment policies for development.
Temas:
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation.
National security.
Arbitration (International law)
LAW > Securities.
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation
National security
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The evolving concept of national security, from countering military threats to tackling economic crisis and protecting strategic industries
  • The role of IIAs
  • Main policy issues concerning the protection of national security interests
  • International jurisprudence and national security
  • The use of the term "essential security interests" and related terms used in IIAs
  • Conditions for invoking a security-related exception in IIAs
  • Security-related exceptions in relation to specific IIA provisions
  • Non-applicability of a security-related exception with regard to invididual IIA provisions
  • No exception related to national security
  • Clarification of the term "essential security interests"
  • Necessity of the host country response
  • Additional means of limiting the scope of application of a security-related exception.

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