Investors at Conflict's Crossroads: An Overview of Available International Courts and Tribunals in the Crimean Context

The annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, as well as the conflicts in Georgia and Cyprus, pose questions such as to what extent states can and should guarantee long-term investment protection in the contemporary dynamics of the international legal order. This article does not analyse the broader problems concerning territorial and diplomacy issues; rather, it centres on problems regarding economic interests and property rights protection. This article provides an overview and analysis of the international venues for protection of investors and investments from third states’ conduct outside their borders. This article analyses the conflict in Crimea, a peninsula located in southern Ukraine. This case study is used as a backdrop for the examination of investment treaties’ application (and applicability), as well as available protection mechanisms in international law in a context of disputed borders