ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal · 2019 · 27 citations · 0 references
LawInternational LawInternational RelationsAfrican StudiesInternational Financial LawInternational Investment LawAfrican GovernanceAfrican International RelationsForeign Direct Investment LawInvestment PolicyInvestment ProtectionInvestment TreatiesAfrican UnionInternational Regime FormationInvestment RegimesInvestment Treaty RegimesUnion Negotiations
Abstract Africa has often been presented as an ‘investment rules taker’, despite its longstanding contribution to the formation and shaping of the international investment regime. The present contribution seeks to analyze why Africa has been perceived as such and attempts to shed light on the active role that African countries have played since their independence in the development of the investment regime and also in the promotion of the ICSID system. The contribution also explores new avenues that are provided through the ‘Africanization’ of international investment law and their impact on the current redesign of the investment regime. It finally suggests options regarding the current negotiations of an Investment Protocol at the level of the African Union and ways to reinforce synergies between ICSID and the African Union.