PHM-Exch> A Call for the Building of an Alternative Legal Framework to the International Investment Treaties: favoring the Public Interest while doing away with Transnational Corporate Impunity

[Claudio Schuftan]

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This is a document prepared by the Working Group on Investment of the
Americas which includes people from several organizations and networks
seeking to ensure that international trade and investment is based on
social justice and respect for the environment.

The objective of this document is to contribute to the ongoing debate and
promote a coming together in regard to investment rules that conform to the
existing paradigm on which Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Bilateral
Investment Treaties (BITs) are built. It seeks to incorporate proposals
that have for some time been in the process of elaboration by actors from
civil society, social movements, academics, and legal experts.

The document contains an analysis of the international investment
agreements’ regime, a series of proposed principles for the construction of
alternative frameworks for international investment and a Call for the
discussion and construction of a basic common agenda.

*Please send your comments, critique and suggestions for improvements at
one or several of the following e-mails: Alberto Arroyo
(RMALC-Mexico)albertoarroyo60 at gmail.com <albertoarroyo60 at gmail.com> ,
Luciana Ghiotto (ATTAC-Argentina)luciana.ghiotto at gmail.com
<luciana.ghiotto at gmail.com>, Manuel Pérez-Rocha (IPS-USA) manuel at ips-dc.org
<manuel at ips-dc.org> , Cecilia Olivet (TNI) ceciliaolivet at tni.org
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