Analysis of the impacts of international investment agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples 2016, para. 8
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The international investment regime consists of 3,268 international investment agreements, comprising almost 3,000 bilateral investment treaties and more than 300 investment chapters of bilateral or regional free trade agreements. These agreements, between States, provide legal protections to investors of "home States" for their investments in "host States".
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/33/42, para. 8.