This book examines the integration of human rights and environmental standards within international investment agreements (IIAs).

Aimed at policymakers, legal scholars, and international law practitioners, this book provides a thorough framework for understanding and reforming IIAs.

Shawkat Alam is a professor of international and environmental law at Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Australia.

Abdullah Al Faruque is a professor of law at University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

About the Authors

List of Abbreviations
List of Cases
List of International Instruments

Introduction
1. Bridging Investment and Sustainability: The Role of Human Rights and Environmental Standards in Shaping International Investment Agreements
2. Reimagining Investment Treaties: Converging Human Rights and Environmental Protection Through Relevant Actors
3. Conceptual Framework for Integrating Human Rights and Sustainable Development Into International Investment Agreements
4. Investment Protection, Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability: Emerging Standards and Evolving Norms
5. Human Rights and Environmental Protection: Addressing Substantive Challenges in Regional and Bilateral Investment Agreements
6. Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Harmonizing Investment Protection With Human Rights and Sustainability
7. Business and Human Rights: The Interplay Between Labour Standards, Investment and Human Rights
8. Promoting Sustainable Forest Management Through International Trade and Investment
9. GATS and the Liberalization of Water Services: Implications for Human Rights and the Environment

Bibliography

Index