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From investment treaties to human rights standards, we explore how to use the law to promote equity, sustainability and resource justice

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Investment treaties

International law

Indigenous Peoples

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Traditional authorities need a clearer role in land governance

Jesinta Kunda
29 April 2024

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Trade deals and the energy transition: whose voices count?

Lorenzo Cotula
23 April 2024

A map from above showing a large green area (forest) with a large swathe of light green cutting through the centre, showing the extent of deforestatation.

Can Europe’s new deforestation regulation address concerns about trade and climate justice?

Lorenzo Cotula and Anirudh Nanda
25 March 2024

Seeing Santurbán through ISDS: a sociolegal case study of Eco Oro v. Colombia

13 February 2024

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A just energy transition needs more than benefit-sharing: a view from the Atacama Salt Flat

Nicolás M. Perrone
09 April 2024

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Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

April 2021 - ongoing

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Publications

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Submission to the OECD consultation on aligning investment treaties with climate action

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UNCITRAL Working Group III: Prioritization of the Draft Provisions on Procedural and Cross-Cutting Issues

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UNCITRAL Working Group III: Contribution on the ‘right to regulate’ provision

Seeing Santurbán through ISDS: a sociolegal case study of Eco Oro v. Colombia

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Rapid response mechanisms

21971iied.pdf

Investor-state dispute settlements: a hidden handbrake on climate action

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Investment treaty law and climate change

21871iied.pdf

How the International Court of Justice can advance climate action

International Investment Law and Climate Change: reframing the ISDS reform agenda

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Climate change in impact assessments: towards an integrated approach

A digger in a mining quarry digs earth and transfers it to a lorry just behind it.

Supporting communities to tackle the environmental impacts of mining in Zambia

Impact story, 18 October 2024

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Recognising and protecting family farming in Guinea: a successful advocacy journey

Insight, 09 September 2024

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Critical minerals and the just energy transition: opportunities and challenges

Active Project

Woman pastoralist herding cattle in Marsabit, rural Kenya

How are civil society and impacted communities working to change the governance of land-based investments?

Insight, 22 July 2024

A refinery under a clear blue night sky.

Hidden handbrakes: an Open Space conversation

Event on 25 June 2024

A mural on a wall depicting, on the left, an oil field in grey muted colours and, on the right, trees, birds, plants and wildlife in vibrant colours.

Aligning investment with climate action: a conversation

Event on 26 June 2024

The words' World Bank Land Conference' in bold, stark lettering, over a pretty landscape.

IIED and ALIGN at the World Bank Land Conference

Event on 13 May 2024

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Rapid response mechanisms: proactive legal support for communities

Insight, 10 May 2024

Men sitting at a conference table.

Traditional authorities need a clearer role in land governance

Insight, 29 April 2024

Screenshot of map

Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

Active Project