Analysis of the impacts of international investment agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples 2016, para. 98b
Paragraph
Paragraph text
International investment agreements should: (b) Protect only bona fide investments. If evidence exists of inadequate human rights due diligence or corporate contribution to indigenous rights harms, there should be express provisions for the denial of the benefits of investor protection in terms of access to investor-State dispute settlements through a duty on tribunals to decline jurisdiction, with mechanisms to vitiate corporate rights in such contexts;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/33/42, para. 98b.