Civil Society in Investment Treaty Arbitration : Status and Prospects.

Intro -- Civil Society in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Status and Prospects -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Concepts and Definitions -- I The Concept of 'Civil Society' -- II 'Amicus Curiae' and 'Third Party Intervention' Procedures -- 2 Approach and Methodology -- I Approach -- II Methodology -- 3 Structure -- Part 1: Civil Society Participation before Investor-State Tribunals -- Introductory Remarks -- 1 Identifying the 'Public Interest' in an Investor-State Arbitration Context -- 1.1 A Structural Stress Test: 'Public Interest' Pressure on Foreign Investors' Rights and Host States' Obligations -- 1.2 Plenty of 'Hard Law' Rights, Few 'Soft Law' Obligations: A Look at the International Framework on Foreign Investment Protection -- 1.3 Earlier Examples of Public Interest Issues Raised in Investor-State Disputes -- 1.4 Adjudication à sens unique? Some of the Earlier Criticism of Investor-State Tribunals' Awards -- 1.5 Impact of the International Commercial Arbitration Model on Investor-State Arbitration and Civil Society's Role -- 2 Procedural Rules Governing Civil Society's Participation as Amicus Curiae -- 2.1 Acceptance of Civil Society's Participation as Amicus Curiae -- 2.2 Formalization of Amicus Curiae Participation - The Opening Up to 'Third Persons' -- 3 From Theory to Practice: Investor-State Tribunals' Decisions on Amicus Curiae Participation -- 3.1 Earlier Tribunals Inspired by the Methanex Precedent -- 3.2 Tribunals That Applied Amended and Recently-Adopted Rules -- 3.3 Common (Procedural) Grounds -- 4 Civil Society Participation: Where Procedure Intertwines with Substance -- 4.1 Are Environmental Protection and Human Rights Issues Relevant to the Adjudication of Investor-State Disputes? -- 4.2 The Leitmotiv of Environmental Protection.

4.3 Civil Society as a Human Rights Advocate -- 4.4 Representing the Under-Represented: Civil Society and Indigenous Groups -- 5 An Appraisal of Civil Society's Amicus Curiae Role -- 5.1 Procedural Developments: Amicus Curiae Intervention Crystallized -- 5.2 'Mixed Results' - Do Investor-State Tribunals Consider Amici's Substantive Arguments? -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Part 2: Civil Society Participation before Other Jurisdictions: Four Models -- Introductory Remarks -- 1 Absent, but Not Entirely: Indirect Participation at the ICJ -- 1.1 Contentious Proceedings -- 1.2 Advisory Proceedings -- 2 Standing before International Human Rights Jurisdictions -- 2.1 Civil Society as a Victim of Human Rights Violations before the ECtHR -- 2.2 Representation of Victims of Human Rights Violations before the IACtHR and ACHPR -- 3 A 'Friend of the Court' outside the Realm of Investor-State Arbitration -- 3.1 The Amicus Curiae Procedure - A Common Law Inspiration -- 3.2 WTO Panels and the Appellate Body's Restrictive Approach -- 3.3 International Human Rights Jurisdictions' Liberalism -- 4 The Peculiar Case of Third Party Intervention -- 4.1 Third Party Intervention - A Look at the US Model -- 4.2 Third Party Intervention as Practiced before International Jurisdictions -- 4.3 Towards a Common Understanding of 'Third Party Intervention'? -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Part 3: An Enhanced Role for Civil Society before Investor-State Tribunals? -- Introductory Remarks -- 1 Transcending Amicus Curiae Submissions -- 1.1 The Inherent Limitations of the Amicus Curiae Role - A Comparative Perspective -- 1.2 To be an Amicus or Not to be: Fundamental Differences with Third Party Intervention -- 2 Looking for a Procedure to Uphold Third Parties' Direct Interest in Investor-State Arbitration -- 2.1 The Impossibility of 'Adding Strangers to the Arbitration' - UPS v. Canada.

2.2 Extreme Circumstances, Standard Limitations - Aguas del Tunari v. Bolivia -- 2.3 Jurisdictional Barriers Set by the UPS and Bechtel Tribunals -- 3 The Access to Justice Principle: The Basis for Civil Society's Third Party Intervention? -- 3.1 Access to Justice under International Law -- 3.2 Is There a Civil Society Ius Standi before Investor-State Tribunals? -- 4 What Conditions Would Govern Civil Society's Third Party Intervention? -- 4.1 Rationalizing Civil Society's Third Party Intervention in Investor-State Arbitration -- 4.2 Procedural Void and Substantive Barriers: How to Reconcile Third Party Intervention with the Investor-State Arbitration Regime? -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Civil Society in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Status and Prospects offers a procedural and substantive analysis of civil society's participation as amicus curiae before investor-state tribunals.

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