New trends in international investment law treaty practice: where does Latin America stand?

Mara Valenti

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2018v39n79p9

Autores/as

Mara Valenti Universidade de Milão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2018v39n79p9

Resumen

Latin-American countries’ attitude towards international investment law hasundergone an evolution. During the 90s, those countries stipulated many BilateralInvestment Treaties (BITs), subscribed to the Washington Convention, and, recently,they have been up front in the process of reconsideration regarging the legalsystem revolving around the BITs. Their recent negotiating practices represent goodexamples of a new generation of investment treaties. In particular, a glance at the mainclauses of the MERCOSUR Protocol will reveal the member States’ intent to severelylimit the extent of the treatment and the protection to be granted to foreign investors.

Biografía del autor/a

Mara Valenti, Universidade de Milão

Mara Valenti é Doutora em Direito Internacional Econômico pela Università Luigi Bocconi de Milão. Atualmente é Professora de Direito Internacional na Università degli studi di Milano, na Itália. Endereço profissional: Via Festa del Perdono, 7 I-20122 – Milão, Itália. E-mail: mara.valenti@unimi.it

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