Join CLSHRA and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment for the premier of The Tribunal—a short documentary film on the human rights and access to justice implications of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). The film tracks the experiences of community members in Ecuador who first suffered serious abuses in the course of opposing a mining project on their land, then found themselves unable to make their voices heard in arbitration proceedings between the government and the company involved. Though the government eventually forced the company to abandon its concession, the company was able to circumvent the local courts and drag the government into arbitration in Washington, D.C. to demand compensation. The story provides an interesting microcosm of the inequities pervading the investor-state arbitration system that pervades international investment law and provides a rare look at the immediate, human impact of issues underlying arbitration that are more often discussed as legal abstractions.
After the screening, we will be joined by David R. Boyd, U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment for a discussion of the film and the broader human rights issues surrounding investor-state arbitration.
We will provide a catered lunch from Subconscious! Please RSVP using the form below so that we can ensure enough food for all attendees. The event will take place in Jerome Greene Hall 101 at Columbia Law School (435 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027).
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