Legal Statement on Investment Protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in TTIP and CETA

The goal of this statement is to convey to European decision-makers that a significant part of the legal community finds the investor protection mechanisms within the free trade deals TTIP and CETA to be highly problematic and not compatible with the rule of law. The statement outlines the fundamental legal issues within these mechanisms and explains how they pose grave threats to public interest, democratic principles and state budgets.

Authors:
Prof. Anneli Albi, University of Kent
Prof. Diamond Ashiagbor, University of London
Prof. Dr. Antoine Bailleux, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles
Dr. Marija Bartl, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Antonio Pedro Baylos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, Masarykova univerzita
Prof. Dr. Ronald Beltzer, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Carl Fredrik Bergström, Uppsala Universitet
Prof. Dr. Jochen von Bernstorff, Universität Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Leonard Besselink, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Georgi Bliznashki, Sofia University
Prof. Nada Bodiroga-Vukobrat, Sveučilište u Rijeci
Prof. Dr. Ted de Boer, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Alan Bogg, University of Oxford
Dr. Jacco Bomhoff, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Pierre Brunet, Sorbonne Law School, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Prof. Dr. Hauke Brunkhorst, Europa-Universität Flensburg
Prof. Geneviève Burdeau, Sorbonne Law School, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Prof. Başak Çalı, Hertie School of Governance
Prof. David Capitant, Sorbonne Law School, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Prof. Valeriu Ciuca, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
Prof. Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Sveučilište u Rijeci
Prof. Simon F. Deakin, University of Cambridge
Prof. Joaquim Joan Forner Delaygua, Universidad de Barcelona
Prof. Laurence Dubin, Université de Vincennes à Saint-Denis
Prof. Dr. Hugues Dumont, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles
Prof. Julio Faundez, University of Warwick
Prof. Dr. em. Axel Flessner, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fisahn, Universität Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano, Universität Bremen
Prof. Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Sofia University
Prof. Lazar Gruev, Sofia University
Prof. Adoración Guamán, University of Valencia
Prof. em. Carol Harlow, London School of Economics
Prof. John Harrington, Cardiff University
Prof. James Harrison, University of Warwick
Prof. Alan Hervé, l'Université Bretagne Loire
Prof. Dr. Martijn W. Hesselink, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. David Hiez, Université de Luxemburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Joerges, Hertie School of Governance Berlin
Prof. Gábor Kardos, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kempen, Universität zu Köln
Prof. Plamen Kirov, Sofia University
Prof. Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky, Centeral European University
Prof. Dr. Martti Koskenniemi, Helsingin yliopisto
Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Nico Krisch, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Prof. Evelyne Lagrange, Sorbonne Law School, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Prof. Dr. Ján Lazar, Universitas Tyrnaviensis, Trnava
Prof. Dr. Marco Loos, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Laura Lorello, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Prof. Dr. Verena Madner, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Prof. Ugo Mattei, Università di Torino
Prof. Maria Rosaria Marella, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Prof. Giovanni Marini, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Prof. Arjen Meij, Honorary Professor University of Luxembourg
Prof. Joana Mendes, University of Luxembourg
Prof. Agustín José Menéndez, Universidad de León
Prof. Carlos Manuel Almeida Blanco Morais, Universidade de Lisboa
Prof. Raymond Murphy, National University of Ireland Galway
Prof. Monica Navarro-Michel, Universidad de Barcelona
Prof. Danny Nicol, University of Westminster
Prof. Dr. François Ost, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles
Prof. Dr.Viorel Pasca, Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara
Prof. JUDr. Václav Pavlíček, The Charles University in Prague
Prof. Sasho Penov, Sofia University
Prof. Jeremy Perelman, Sciences Po – Paris
Prof. Amanda Perry-Kessaris, University of Kent
Prof. em. Sol Picciotto, Lancaster University
Prof. Iain Ramsay, University of Kent
Prof. Dr. Silke Ruth Laskowski, Universität Kassel
Prof. Anne Saab, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Prof. Joel Samuelsson, Uppsala Universitet
Prof. Cesare Salvi, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Sartor, Università di Bologna
Prof. Dr. Harm Schepel, University of Kent
Prof. Robert Schütze, Durham University
Prof. Dr. Danielius Serapinas, Mykolas Romeris University
Prof. Stijn Smismans, Cardiff University
Prof. Constantin Stamatis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Petros Stangos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Georgi Stefanov, Sofia University
Prof. Arkadiusz Sobczyk, Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Prof. Jean-Marc Sorel, Sorbonne Law School, University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Prof. Krasimira Sredkova, Sofia University
Assoc. Prof. Celine Tan, University of Warwick
Prof. William Twining, University College London
Prof. Dr. Christoph Urtz, Universität Salzburg
Prof. Dr. Wouter Vandenhole, Universiteit Antwerpen
Prof. Dr. Javier A. González Vega, Universidad de Oviedo
Prof. Dr. Ingo Venzke, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. Simone Vezzani, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Prof. Horatia Muir Watt, Sciences Po – Paris
Prof. Lotta Vahlne Westerhäll, Göteborgs universitet
Prof. Ralph Wilde, University College London
Dr. Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi, Universitat de Girona
Prof. Toni Williams, University of Kent
Prof. Siobhán Wills, Ulster University
Prof. Mikhail Xifaras, Sciences Po – Paris