Implementation of Human Rights in International Investment Legal Relations: Selected Issues of Dispute Resolution Practice

The paper covers certain provisions of a comprehensive study of the implementation of human rights in international investment legal relations. The author attempted to reveal the relevance of the ongoing research and assess the significance of the interaction between international investment law and international human rights law in modern realities. The paper reveals the main options for the interaction of international investment law and international human rights law, both in material and procedural aspects. The author focuses on the practice of resolving international investment disputes in relation to the actions of the host state with reference to the protection of human rights as one of the options for manifesting the relationship between the two branches of public international law. The author reveals the existing patterns in the practice of resolving investment disputes. As a key conclusion, the author puts forward the idea that it is possible to generalize the results of a harmonious interpretation (construction) and the formation of an appropriate unified legal framework for the norms of international public law with a view to its subsequent harmonious application.

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