Investment Treaties: Winners and Losers

Friday, May 10, 2013
Speaker
Jose E. Alvarez
Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law
Presider
Terra Lawson-Remer
Fellow for Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy, Council on Foreign Relations

Jose Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin professor of international law at New York University School of Law, discusses the growth and distributional effects and the human rights implications of global economic governance through bilateral investment treaties, with a focus on the global south.

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