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This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Twenty-seventh Session (12-23 November 2001) Twenty-eight Session (29 April-17 May 2002).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Twenty-ninth Session (11-22 November 2002); Thirtieth Session (28 April-16 May 2003).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Thirty-first Session (10-21 November 2003), Thirty-second Session (3-21 May 2004).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Thirty-third Session (16-26 November 2004); Thirty-fourth Session (2-20 May 2005).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Thirty-fifth Session (14-25 November 2005); Thirty-sixth Session (1-19 May 2006).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Thirty-seventh Session (6-24 November 2006); Thirty-eighth Session (30 April-18 May 2007) .

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the 
Thirty-ninth Session (5-23 November 2007); Fortieth Session (28 April-16 May 2008).

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Forty-first Session (3-21 November 2008); Forty-second Session (27 April-15 May 2009).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee against Torture: Forty-third Session (2-20 November 2009); Forty-fourth Session (26 April-14 May 2010).

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...