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Cherie Blair CBE KC article entitled “International Arbitration and Human Rights: Exciting Opportunity or Existential Threat?

Omnia’s Chair Cherie Blair CBE KC article entitled “International Arbitration and Human Rights: Exciting Opportunity or Existential Threat?” was recently published by the International Arbitration Law Review.

In it, Mrs Blair calls on the legal community not to discard Investor-State Dispute Settlement but rather to redouble efforts to make this mechanism compatible with human rights and – beyond that – an effective forum to promote and protect human rights.

The piece acknowledges the contributions of Omnia Partners, Ania Farren and Adam Smith-Anthony and Omnia Associate, Lauren Lederle. The article was initially presented as the 2021 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Arbitration Lecture given in November 2021.

A full downloadable pdf of the article is available here:  

Cherie Blair CBE KC – International Arbitration & Human Rights, Exciting Opportunity or Existential Threat