African Perspectives in International Investment Law

Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu is a Professor of International Law at the University of Manchester and was until 2022 the Head of the University of Manchester Law SchoolMakane Moïse Mbengue is Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva and Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po Paris. He is also an Associate Member of the Institut de droit international and a Member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law.

• Introduction – Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu and Makane Moïse MbenguePart I: Sustainable development and the changing fundamentals of international investment law in Africa1 The development of international investment law in Africa – Maurice Kamto2 Global reform versus regional emancipation: the principles on international investment for sustainable development in Africa – Jean d’Aspremont and Alicia Köppen3 Foreign investment treaties and the sovereignty of developing host States: ants riding elephants? – Justice Osei-Afriyie4 Les contrats miniers déséquilibrés à l’épreuve des Principes d’Unidroit relatifs aux contrats du commerce international – Mahamat Atteib5 The politics of international technology transfer: the imperative of host State measures – Collins C. Ajibo6 Accountability of multinational corporations for human rights violations in investment regimes in Africa – Alain-Guy SipowoPart II: Experiences of selected African countries with international investment law 7 The constitutional limitations on enforcement of arbitral awards in Ghana – Dominic Npoanlari Dagbanja8 Rethinking the promotion and protection of foreign investments: South Africa’s Protection of Investment Act 22 of 2015 – Tarcisio Gazzini9 Electoral democracy, foreign capital flows and the human rights infrastructure in Nigeria – Victor Adetula and Olugbemi JaiyeboPart III: African perspectives on contemporary challenges of investment dispute settlement10 Quo vadis international investment law in Africa? – Francis N. Botchway and Mohamed Salem Abou El Farag11 Les avantages pour l’Afrique de l’arbitrage transnational, moyen prioritaire de règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements directs étrangers – Richard Albert Makon Ma Mbeb12 The Investment Court System proposed by the European Union: what does it mean for Africa? – Stefanie SchachererConclusion – Laurence Boisson de ChazournesTable of casesIndex