War: Foreign Investments in Danger: Can International Humanitarian Law or Full Protection and Security Clause Always Save It?

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Result on the web

<a href="https://rozkotova.cld.bz/CYIL-vol-8-2017" target="_blank" >https://rozkotova.cld.bz/CYIL-vol-8-2017</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

War: Foreign Investments in Danger: Can International Humanitarian Law or Full Protection and Security Clause Always Save It?

Original language description

The aim of this article is to think of particular scenarios which can put the foreign investment in jeopardy during an armed conflict and give some real examples. It provides those model scenarios with prospective legal framework provided by the law of armed conflict and law of international investments with special focus on so called full protection and security clauses and war clauses. The scope of application of norms of international humanitarian law is quite wide and foreign investor enjoys the protection stemming from certain standards of conduct towards civilian property (namely those relating to the principle of distinction and protection of civilian objects). Nevertheless, parties to the conflict are allowed to act in damaging way towards civilian objects under certain conditions when pursuing legitimate military aim. International law of foreign investments provides foreign investor with more generous standards of treatment and stronger enforceability of his rights through the mechanism of dispute settlement. However, the standards of treatment and investor´s locus standi are dependable on the existence and content of investment treaty in particular situation. Even if there is an investment treaty applicable, the protection provided by these treaties seem to be limited in times of armed conflict as they do not substantially cover the conducts of all the parties to the conflict and even in the situation where the state leading a military operation is bound by particular investment treaty, its standards of protection may be evaded if qualified exception is triggered. The article also identifies some practical issues and interactions between the law of armed conflict and the law of foreign investments.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Czech yearbook of public &amp; private international law

ISSN

1805-0565

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

529-549

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85041059756