Zukunftsfähiger internationaler Rechtsrahmen für Investitionen in Afrika

The future of sustainable development in Africa and for its growing population will depend on investments which might come mostly from abroad attracted by a favourable investment climate (or ecosystem). It is rather doubtful that the actual („old“) international legal framework for investment-relate...

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Published in:Recht in Afrika
Main Author: Ludwig Gramlich
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
French
Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2020
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2020-1-3
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e408c02e98594e3dab47e465fe38be52 2023-05-15T13:59:30+02:00 Zukunftsfähiger internationaler Rechtsrahmen für Investitionen in Afrika Ludwig Gramlich 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2020-1-3 https://doaj.org/article/e408c02e98594e3dab47e465fe38be52 DE EN FR ger eng fre Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/2363-6270-2020-1-3 https://doaj.org/toc/2363-6270 2363-6270 doi:10.5771/2363-6270-2020-1-3 https://doaj.org/article/e408c02e98594e3dab47e465fe38be52 Recht in Afrika, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 3-40 (2020) Asia and Eurasia Africa Pacific Area and Antarctica KL-KWX article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2020-1-3 2023-03-19T01:29:29Z The future of sustainable development in Africa and for its growing population will depend on investments which might come mostly from abroad attracted by a favourable investment climate (or ecosystem). It is rather doubtful that the actual („old“) international legal framework for investment-related and investment-specific measures which does hardly create an adequate balance between the interests of all important public as well as private stakeholders would meet the requirement of today and tomorrow. But any alterations or improvements must start from the present state of things. So, this study looks at the different levels and various instruments dealing with traditional standards of investment and investor protection, e.g. BITs und TIPs, and at the activities of global, regional and sub-regional organizations (in particular EU and OHADA). Moreover, new developments at global and regional levels are discussed including trends showing a somewhat specific African approach to investment issues (“Africanization”). Finally, a very important topic, i.e. the relation between investment protection and human rights (of investors and of other people negatively affected by relevant activities), is described and assessed in more detail. A second part of the analysis will turn to elaborating on dispute settlement and enforcement issues since till today, there seems to be a sharp distinction between Investor-State- Dispute Settlement (ISDS) by way of mediation, conciliation and arbitration on the one hand and judicial redress by national courts (of home, host or third States) on the other. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Pacific Recht in Afrika 23 1 3 40
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Pacific Area
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Pacific Area
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Zukunftsfähiger internationaler Rechtsrahmen für Investitionen in Afrika
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