44th Working Group III Preparatory Sessions: Multilateral Instrument to Implement Reforms

The UNCITRAL Working Group III (WGIII) Secretariat has proposed a multilateral instrument to implement reforms to provide a framework for implementing multiple reform elements. In this session, participants will be supported to think through the elements and structure of such a multilateral instrument, and in particular, will learn from experiences of other multilateral instruments that have reformed elements of international economic governance.

Below is the resource list for the online preparatory session CCSI hosted in advance of WGIII’s 44th negotiation session:

• CCSI, CAROLA, Harriston Institute for Public Law (Georgetown Law), Reforming the International Investment Regime through a Framework Convention on Investment and Sustainable Development (Submission to WG III, 2020)
• Jane Kelsey and Kinda Mohamadieh, UNCITRAL Fiddles While Countries Burn (September 2021)
• Wolfgang Alschner, The OECD Multilateral Tax Instrument: A Model for Reforming the International Investment Regime? (January 2019)
• Anthea Roberts and Taylor St John, Complex Designers and Emergent Design: Reforming the Investment Treaty System (September 2021)
• UNCITRAL Secretariat, Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) Multilateral instrument on ISDS reform (A/CN.9/WG.III/WP.221)