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Heritage, Power and Destiny: The Protection of Indigenous Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration

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Heritage, Power and Destiny: The Protection of Indigenous Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration. / Vadi, Valentina.
In: George Washington International Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 4, 2018, p. 725-780.

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Vadi, Valentina. / Heritage, Power and Destiny : The Protection of Indigenous Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration. In: George Washington International Law Review. 2018 ; Vol. 50, No. 4. pp. 725-780.

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title = "Heritage, Power and Destiny: The Protection of Indigenous Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration",
abstract = "This Article explores the clash between investors{\textquoteright} rights and Indigenouspeoples{\textquoteright} rights in international investment law and arbitration. Itcontributes to the existing literature by highlighting the power differentialsamong different state and non-state actors as well as the role ofinternational investment law in maximizing or neutralizing such conflicts.The existing literature has shown that the protection of the rightsof Indigenous peoples has increasingly intersected with the promotion offoreign investments in international investment law. However, due tothe extraordinary boom of investor–state arbitrations in the past years, acomprehensive scrutiny of the relevant arbitrations and a conceptualanalysis of the same is still missing. This Article aims to fill this gap inthe existing literature. Not only does this Article map the most recentawards dealing with Indigenous peoples{\textquoteright} rights, but it also criticallyassesses the key importance of this jurisprudence for the development ofinternational investment law, human rights law, and international lawmore generally.",
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