The current failure of host governments and international law to protect human rights in the context of land-based investments highlights the need to employ other mechanisms. This Perspective discusses home country measures as one strategy for encouraging more rights-supportive outward investment in agricultural and forestry projects
Discussions of a legally binding instrument on business and human rights provide opportunity to adva...
This Article explores how host governments’ legal obligations can affect or constrain their ability ...
In early research on land grabbing, the initial focus was on foreign companies investing abroad, wit...
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and h...
Land-use conflicts also occur frequently outside the agricultural sector. In dealing with these conf...
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and h...
The global legal system regulating foreign investment in lower-income countries is more geared towar...
“Large-scale acquisition of land by foreign investors” is the correct term for a process where the v...
This Perspective discusses counterclaims of respondent states in investor-state dispute-settlement (...
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is grateful for the opportunity to provide inpu...
Poorly developed countries with weak institutions often face severe commitment problems. Internation...
Food security is a first priority in every country. A rising world population coupled with cli-mate ...
African governments have been under pressure to develop their economies and as such have opened up t...
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed heightened corporate interest in large-scale land-base...
This perspective discusses the increasing number and size of large-scale farmland acquisitions in Af...
Discussions of a legally binding instrument on business and human rights provide opportunity to adva...
This Article explores how host governments’ legal obligations can affect or constrain their ability ...
In early research on land grabbing, the initial focus was on foreign companies investing abroad, wit...
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and h...
Land-use conflicts also occur frequently outside the agricultural sector. In dealing with these conf...
Land-based investments can create significant grievances for local individuals or communities, and h...
The global legal system regulating foreign investment in lower-income countries is more geared towar...
“Large-scale acquisition of land by foreign investors” is the correct term for a process where the v...
This Perspective discusses counterclaims of respondent states in investor-state dispute-settlement (...
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is grateful for the opportunity to provide inpu...
Poorly developed countries with weak institutions often face severe commitment problems. Internation...
Food security is a first priority in every country. A rising world population coupled with cli-mate ...
African governments have been under pressure to develop their economies and as such have opened up t...
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed heightened corporate interest in large-scale land-base...
This perspective discusses the increasing number and size of large-scale farmland acquisitions in Af...
Discussions of a legally binding instrument on business and human rights provide opportunity to adva...
This Article explores how host governments’ legal obligations can affect or constrain their ability ...
In early research on land grabbing, the initial focus was on foreign companies investing abroad, wit...