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Klentiana Mahmutaj is a barrister at Red Lion Chambers in London and UN Independent Expert on the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development.
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Will the Morocco-Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty Transform Sustainable Development into Hard Law?
January 27, 2022
Klentiana Mahmutaj
The SDGs have now received virtually global endorsement. At the same time, new BITs have emerged which incorporate both the SDGs and the concept of sustainable development. This includes Morocco-Nigeria BIT 2016 (‘the Treaty’) which may prove to be the IIA that transforms sustainable development from a ‘mere’ political commitment or soft law into a hard legal obligation…
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Will the Morocco-Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty Transform Sustainable Development into Hard Law?
January 27, 2022
Klentiana Mahmutaj
The SDGs have now received virtually global endorsement. At the same time, new BITs have emerged which incorporate both the SDGs and the concept of sustainable development. This includes Morocco-Nigeria BIT 2016 (‘the Treaty’) which may prove to be the IIA that transforms sustainable development from a ‘mere’ political commitment or soft law into a hard legal obligation…