Protection of Foreign Investment according to the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60131/jlaw.2.2021.3616Keywords:
foreign investment, investment disputes, Georgian investment agreements, residence of a legal person, the European Court of Human Rights, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, property right.Abstract
In current economic reality states compete with one another in attracting foreign investments. In this regard, it is crucial to identify all those legal mechanisms that allow foreign investors to protect their investments from the arbitrariness of the host state. In this vein, the article examines mechanisms of dispute resolution under the investment agreements executed by Georgia and, whenever judiciary or administrative system of the host country is chosen for resolving such disputes, additionally explores the options of the European Court of Human Rights to restore the violated rights of the foreign investors.
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