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Why the ‘climate club’ needs to take on investment rules

A concerete mixing lorry drives under an arch that has the words 'Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone' written on it

Project

Special economic zones: a rights perspective

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Blog

Legal empowerment as action research

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Project

Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

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Case study

Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

Páramo landscape

Long read

Investment disputes from below: whose rights matter?

Legal tools for citizen empowerment

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Article

Introduction to legal tools for citizen empowerment

Forestry tractor carrying fruits from a field

Project

ALIGN: Advancing Land-based Investment Governance

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Project

Rethinking investment treaties and dispute settlement in the light of sustainable development

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International investment agreements and climate action

Possible reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): the assessment of damages and compensation

Submission on Third-Party Funding Initial Draft

EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: An Appraisal of its Sustainable Development Section

EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: an appraisal of its sustainable development section

Labour rights in Special Economic Zones: between unilateralism and transnational law diffusion

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Five chimneys. Two of them releasing smoke.

Why the ‘climate club’ needs to take on investment rules

Blog, Mar 2022

The edge of a cliff falls away into the water.

International investment agreements (IIAs) and climate action

Event, Jan 2022

A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.

Legal empowerment as action research

Blog, Jan 2022

A concerete mixing lorry drives under an arch that has the words 'Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone' written on it

Special economic zones: a rights perspective

Project, Dec 2021

Woman selling vegetables

Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective

Blog, May 2021

Close-up of a hand holding a broken raw cocoa fruit

Cocoa producer agency and the living income differential: lessons from civil society organisations

Webinar, May 2021

Screenshot of map

Mapping community development requirements in the mining sector

Project, May 2021

International investment treaties: changing the narrative

Annual review video, Mar 2021

The landscape of the Santurbán páramo.

Unpacking regulatory chill: the case of mining in the Santurbán páramo in Colombia

Blog, Dec 2020

Three people walking and carrying bags on their backs.

Producer agency in certification schemes: challenges and opportunities

Webinar, Dec 2020

A data collector speaks to a householder.

Helping Indigenous communities secure land rights in Nepal

Case study, Dec 2020

Men and women sitting in chairs.

What happens when the landgrabbers leave? An account from Kilwa, Tanzania

Blog, Dec 2020