{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63937dbc0946070010ac8d99/63937fe9504fe900112ea184?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How States and International Investors are in Dispute","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63937dbc0946070010ac8d99/1671707213834-36a64e9e8720f577e46b5cd746a4a5a9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this first, feature-length episode of Our Rights in Action, Professor Leïla Choukroune explores International Investor State Dispute Settlement. What is it and why is it impacting human rights negatively?</p><p><br></p><p>The biased viewpoint would say that this private arbitration is shrouded in secrecy, and for good reason: Because it’s lack of complexity is selling short the rights of citizens, costing us billions, and exploiting our resources for the benefit of foreign investors.</p><p><br></p><p>Corporations are suing countries over their interests in resources and settling these disputes outside court. Nations are paying billions in compensation to investors and outside parties. Lawyers are making a fortune. And who is paying? The taypayers and the citizens of the state.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Find out how corporations and nations are locking horns in drawn-out disputes with spiralling costs, and where community rights to resources and livelihoods are often at stake. Through a series of case studies and examples from around the world, Leïla and her guests explore and explain where reform is needed.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests featured:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Dr Sebastian Espinosa is a specialist in Regulatory Affairs and Investment Law based in Ecuador.</li><li>Sarosh Zaiwalla set up Zaiwalla &amp; Co in 1982, and has extensive experience in international arbitration and is a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution mediator.</li><li>Justice Srikrishna is an independent arbitrator and chairman of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission.</li><li>Lorenzo Cotula is a Principal Researcher in law and sustainable development at the International Institute for Environment and Development.</li><li>Professor Julien Chaisse, a world-renowned expert on international economic law and international dispute resolution. He’s currently at the University of Hong Kong School of Law.</li><li>Professor Rumana Islam from the University of Dhaka</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"ORIA Podcast"}