It has been my honour to play a key role in convening the first high-level Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and Foreign investments organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the UN Conference on Trade and Development on 18-19 May 2021. The event brought together over 140 experts from States, intergovernmental organisations,…
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IIA Reform in Times of COVID-19: corruption, corporate restructuring and capacity building (video)
In my contribution to the UNCTAD’s Virtual IIA Conference 2020: “IIA Reform in Times of COVID-19,” I highlighted a few projects we recently concluded or are currently working on. Below is a video recording of the presentation and its transcript. Every crisis is also an opportunity. In the area of international investment law, the opportunity…
UN Convention Against Corruption and Investor-State Disputes: Two Parallel Universes?
On 17 December 2019 BIICL and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime conducted an event at the eighth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the 2003 United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Abu Dhabi. This bi-annual conference gathers representatives of over 180 States parties to the Convention to discuss various…