EU Adopts UN Convention on Transparency in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
The Council of the European Union on May 22 adopted a decision on the conclusion of the U.N. "Mauritius" Convention on transparency for Investor-State Dispute Settlement. The council said the decision "will bring greater public access to documents and hearings"…
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and include civil society in disputes brought by investors against EU states. The convention applies the U.N. Commission of International Trade Law's transparency rules to investment treaties signed before April 1, 2014, requiring public access to all documents, open hearings and third-party participation.