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- Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 How and Why to Assess the Relevance of Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- 2 The Interpretation and Development of International Human Rights Law by the International Court of Justice
- 3 The International Court of Justice as an Integrator, Developer and Globaliser of International Human Rights Law
- 4 The Systemic Effect of International Human Rights Law on International Criminal Law
- 5 The Emerging Right to Justice in International Criminal Law: A Case Study of Colombia
- 6 Human Rights at the Reparations System of the International Criminal Court
- 7 International Human Rights Law and Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization
- 8 Invoking Human Rights
- 9 Human Rights Norms in the Court of Justice of the European Union
- 10 The Uneven Impact of International Human Rights Law in Africa’s Subregional Courts
- 11 Human Rights, Constitutional Justice and International Economic Adjudication: Legal Methodology Problems
- 12 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Human Rights
- 13 Forum Shopping and Human Rights: Staring at the Empty Shelves
- 14 Taking Stock: Relevance of Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Subject Index
8 - Invoking Human Rights
A Useful Line of Attack or a Defence Tool for States in Investor-State Dispute Settlement?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2019
- Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Abbreviations
- 1 How and Why to Assess the Relevance of Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- 2 The Interpretation and Development of International Human Rights Law by the International Court of Justice
- 3 The International Court of Justice as an Integrator, Developer and Globaliser of International Human Rights Law
- 4 The Systemic Effect of International Human Rights Law on International Criminal Law
- 5 The Emerging Right to Justice in International Criminal Law: A Case Study of Colombia
- 6 Human Rights at the Reparations System of the International Criminal Court
- 7 International Human Rights Law and Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization
- 8 Invoking Human Rights
- 9 Human Rights Norms in the Court of Justice of the European Union
- 10 The Uneven Impact of International Human Rights Law in Africa’s Subregional Courts
- 11 Human Rights, Constitutional Justice and International Economic Adjudication: Legal Methodology Problems
- 12 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Human Rights
- 13 Forum Shopping and Human Rights: Staring at the Empty Shelves
- 14 Taking Stock: Relevance of Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts
- Subject Index
Summary
In international investment law, investor-claimants often have recourse to human rights case law in order to support a certain interpretation of investment protection standards, such as denial of justice and the prohibition on expropriation of private property without compensation. What is rarer, however, is that respondent States may invoke their human rights obligations in order to formulate a defence of their conduct towards a particular investor, or even to formulate a counterclaim. After briefly outlining investors’ reliance on human rights rules to support their claims, this chapter investigates the potential of invoking human rights norms by respondent States in order to persuade a tribunal that, first, it does not have jurisdiction; secondly, no investment protection standard has been violated; or, thirdly, damages ought to be calculated in a certain manner. Subsequently, three specific issues that may complicate the invocation of human rights norms in investor-State dispute settlement are examined: the difference between human rights obligations and objectives; State acquiescence or complicity to human rights violations; and human rights counterclaims.
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- Human Rights Norms in ‘Other' International Courts , pp. 226 - 261Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019