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The Role of CSR in the International Law of Foreign Investment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01275
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 05030:International law-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

Ishikawa Tomoko  名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 教授 (20632392)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
KeywordsInvestment Law / CSR / ESG investing / 国際投資法 / 企業の環境・人権責任 / 投資紛争 / ESG / 社会的操業許可 / ビジネスと人権 / 投資家対国の紛争解決制度 / 企業の社会的責任 / 投資家対国の紛争解決 / 条約解釈論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the background of the existing imbalance between rights and obligations of corporations in international law, this study sought to find ways to redress this imbalance in the framework of international investment law. It did so by examining the role of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in investor-state dispute settlement. This study examined various theories and strategies to incorporate corporate environmental responsibility into investor-state dispute settlement procedures. This study produced a monograph titled "Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Investor-State Dispute Settlement" published from Cambridge University Press in November 2022.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、現代の国際投資法における最重要課題に取り組んだものであり、現行の制度が有する可能性について詳細な分析を提供した。これらの分析は、即時の適用が可能であり、投資仲裁および将来の投資裁判所制度双方に適用可能であり、将来の判例形成に潜在的な影響を与える可能性を有しているほか、国際投資法の枠組みの内外で、外国投資家の責任を追求する国際法の形成に示唆を与える。最終成果物としての書籍は、国内外の政策立案者、法曹実務家、NGO、国際法のさまざまな分野の研究者に示唆を与え得るものである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 12 results) Book (5 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Materializing corporate social responsibility in investor-state dispute settlement2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      Columbia FDI Perspectives

      Volume: 312 Pages: 1-4

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Investment Screening on National Security Grounds and International Law: The Case of Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of International and Comparative Law

      Volume: 7(1) Pages: 71-98

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Transnational Dispute Management Special Issue: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)2019

    • Author(s)
      Elizabeth Whitsitt, Stephanie Forrest, Joongi Kim, Devin Bray, Tomoko Ishikawa, Frederic G. Sourgens, Julien Chaisse
    • Journal Title

      Transnational Dispute Management

      Volume: 5 Pages: 1-10

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Intervention: Investment arbitration2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      Max Planck Encyclopedias of Public International Law (Oxford Public International Law)

      Volume: 2019 Pages: 1-24

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Counterclaims and the Rule of Law in Investment Arbitration2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      American Journal of International Law Unbound

      Volume: 113 Pages: 33-37

    • DOI

      10.1017/aju.2018.96

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 合意に基づく反対請求において投資家の損害賠償義務が認められた例2018

    • Author(s)
      石川知子
    • Journal Title

      JCAジャーナル

      Volume: 734 Pages: 39-48

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Third Party Participation in Investor-State Mediation2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence (Yale law school, Academy of International Strategy and Law)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] National Security Regime and FDI2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      National Security Regime and FDI
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Mediation in Japan (The Japanese corporate approach to international dispute resolution)2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      The Japanese corporate approach to international dispute resolution (ICC)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Investor-State Dispute Settlement2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 対内直接投資規制強化の世界的傾向ー国際投資法への示唆2021

    • Author(s)
      石川知子
    • Organizer
      チェコ投資スクリーニングウェビナー
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Asian Perspectives on ISDS Reform2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      Arbitration and Mediation as a Global Force for Good: A New Dawn in the Post-Pandemic World
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Careers in Investment Arbitration: Perspectives from East to West2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa, Duncan Watson, Ling Yang
    • Organizer
      Careers in Investment Arbitration: Perspectives from East to West
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Screening inward FDI on national security grounds2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      Should FDI be restricted on national security grounds?
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] EU Constitutional Preconditions and Limits2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      A Common European Law on Investment Screening
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] International Investor Obligations and Counterclaims Before Investor-State Tribunals2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      Investor's International Law Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] From general exceptions clause to investor's obligations? Recent Developments2018

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      Seminar on Investor-State Dispute Settlement: A New Paradigm of Investment Agreements and Investment Arbitrations
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Corporate Responsibility in International Law: A Case of Investment Arbitration2018

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      30th SASE Annual Meeting "Global Reordering: Prospects for Equality, Democracy and Justice"
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Ethics and the Rule of Law in Investment Arbitration2018

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Organizer
      BIICL/GSID Seminar "Ethics and the Rule of Law in Investment Arbitration"
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Unexhausted Potential of Current Mechanisms2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Ishikawa
    • Total Pages
      302
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Investors’ International Law2021

    • Author(s)
      Jean Ho (editor), Mavluda Sattorova (editor), Tomoko Ishikawa et al
    • Total Pages
      432
    • Publisher
      Hart Publishing
    • ISBN
      9781509937929
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Investors' International Law (分担 第8章 'Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration: Is the Host State the Right Claimant?’)2021

    • Author(s)
      Jean Ho, Mavluda Sattorova (eds) Tomoko Ishikawa et al.
    • Total Pages
      350
    • Publisher
      Hart Publishing
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Book] The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP2019

    • Author(s)
      Kung-Chung Liu, Julien Chaisse et al. (eds)
    • Total Pages
      320
    • Publisher
      Hart Publishing
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 講義 国際経済法2018

    • Author(s)
      柳赫秀、久保田隆、梅島修、内記香子、国松麻季、加藤暁子、石川知子、中谷和弘、濱田太郎
    • Total Pages
      632
    • Publisher
      東信堂
    • ISBN
      9784798915265
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] BIICL/GSID Seminar "Ethics and the Rule of Law in Investment Arbitration"2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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