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030098 SE Seminar in International Law & European Law: Investment Law (2014W)
(for undergraduate and graduate students)
Continuous assessment of course work
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max. 25 participants
Language: German, English
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Registration via e-mail between September 8 to October 10, 2014: sabine.neuwirth@univie.ac.at;
Profound knowledge of international law evidenced by law degree or diploma exam in international law to be sent per email to sabine.neuwirth@univie.ac.at or pre¬sented in person to the Secretariat of the Section for International Law
- Tuesday 21.10. 17:00 - 18:30 Seminarraum SEM52 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 5.OG (Kickoff Class)
- Monday 01.12. 10:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
- Tuesday 02.12. 10:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
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Assessment and permitted materials
written seminar paper, oral presentation and participation in the discussion
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Reading list
G. Foster, Foreign Investment and Indigenous Peoples: Options for Promoting Equilibrium between economic Development and Indigenous Rights, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 33:627 (2012); H. Mann/A. Cosbey/L. Peterson/K. von Moltke, Comments on ICSID Discussion Paper, Possible Improvements of the Framework for ICSID Arbitration; International Institute for Sustainable Development (2004); Ch. Schreuer, Non-Pecuniary Remedies in ICSID Arbitration, Arbitration International, Vol 20 No 4 (2004), 325; J. Perez/M. Gistelinck/D. Karbala, Sleeping Lions: International investment treaties, state-investor disputes and access to food, land and water, Oxfam (2011); E. Levine, Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration: The Implications of an Increase in Third-Party Participation, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Vol. 29:1 (2011), 216; T. Haller/A. Blöchlinger/M. John, Fossil Fuels, Oil Companies, and Indigenous Peoples: Strategies of Multinational Oil Companies, States, and Ethnic Minorities (2007); V. Vadi, When Cultures Collide: Foreign Direct Investment, Natural Resources and Indigenous Heritage in International Investment law, Columbia Human Rights Law Journal, Vol. 42 (2011) 797; J. Kahn A Golden Opportunity for NAFTA New York University Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 16 (2008) 380; J. Kimerling, Oil, Contact, and Conservation in the Amazon: Indigenous Huaorani, Chevron, and Yasuni, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, Vol 24 (2013) 43; Donzinger, St. u.a., The Clash of Human Rights and BIT Investor Claims The Human Rights Brief; Vol. 17 (2010) 8; N. Schabus, Indigenous Peoples in North America: Bridging the Trade and Environmental Gap to ensure Sustainability under NAFTA and NAAEC’ (unveröff. Manuskript, 2014), J. Marley, The Environmental Endangerment Finding in International Investment Disputes New York University Journal of International Law and Politics Vol. 46 (2014) 1003; A. Manuel & N. Schabus, Indigenous Peoples at the Margin of the Global Economy: A Violation of International Human Rights and International Trade Law, Chapman Law Review, Vol. 8 (2005) 229; K.C. Kenney, Disaster in the Amazon: Dodging Boomerang Suits In transnational Human Rights Litigation California Law Review, Vol 97, (2009) 857.
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- National resources: Investment protection v. state regulation?
- Submission of amicus curiae briefs in ICSID proceedings in general and for indigenous peoples in particular (Rule 37/2 ICSID Rules of Procedure).
- Relation between (human) rights of indigenous peoples and the international legal order.
- Interpretation of BITs in the light of international human rights? The supremacy of human rights?
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
- Protection of indigenous peoples in domestic legal systems and their impact on international law.
- Examples of relevant case law:
o Border Timbers Limited, Border Timbers International (Private) Limited, and Hangani Development Co. (Private) Limited v. Republic of Zimbabwe, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/25.
o Bernhard von Pezold and Others v. Republic of Zimbabwe, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/15.
o Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22.
o Aguas del Tunari, S.A. v. Republic of Bolivia, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/3.
o Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, Ltd., et al. v. United States of America, UNCITRAL.
o Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, UNCITRAL.
o Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Corporation v. The Republic of Ecuador, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2009-23.
o Burlington Resources Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5.
o Glamis Gold Ltd. v. United States of America, P 10 (NAFTA Arb. Trib. June 8, 2009)
o Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada, WTO (WT/DS257/AB/R)