ILA Committee on “Rule of Law and International Investment Law”

Introduction and Conceptual Framework

9:00-9:15 Welcome and organizational aspects

9:15-9:30 Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law: Working Definition and Function of the Rule of Law in the Investment Treaty Regime (Schill/Reinisch)

Substantive Standards of Treatment: Rule of Law Demands for Domestic Legislative and Administrative Action

9:30-10:10 Fair and Equitable Treatment, Prohibition of Arbitrary and Unreasonable Measures (Paparinskis)

10:10-10:50 Legitimate Expectations (Henckels)

10:50-11:00 Cofffee Break

11:00-11:40 (Direct and Indirect) Expropriation (Bungenberg)

11:40-12:20 Full Protection and Security (Yannaca-Small)

12:20-13:00 National and Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Whitsitt)

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-14:40 Umbrella Clauses (de Nanteuil)

14:40-15:20 Capital Transfer Provisions (Menkes)

15:20-16:00 Regulatory Transparency/Transparency in Substantive Investment Protection (Chi)

16:00-16:10 Coffee Break

Substantive Standards of Treatment: Rule of Law Demands of the Domestic Judiciary

16:10-16:50 Investment Protection Standards and the Domestic Judiciary (Denial of Justice, Judicial Expropriation, Effective Protection) (Kriebaum)

Interfaces between International Investment Law, National Law, and Other International Legal Regimes

16:50-17:30 “In Accordance with Host State Law”-Clauses, Inherent Legality, and Good Faith Requirements (Jarret)

17:30-18:10 The Use of Investment Treaty Standards to Enforce Domestic Law and Other International Legal Regimes (Živković)


To register for the workshop please send an e-mail to martina.mittermayer@univie.ac.at.