Select Publications and Conferences
Since writing his first full length article, International Law and the Child Soldier, in 1987, Howard Mann has been an in-demand author, co-author, trainer and speaker. Today, he is widely respected for his expertise in international investment law, and his ability to express himself in clear, convincing language. Selected publications and conference presentations are listed below. For a more complete list of publications and conferences please see Howard's CV
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Select Publications
- The Expanding Universe of International Tax Disputes: A Principled Analysis of the OECD International Tax Dispute Settlement Proposals, Asia Pacific Law Review, Vol. 31, 2023, pages 268-283.
- Environmental, Social and Economic Development Provisions in Investment Contracts: A Resource for Government Lawyers in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Secretariat publication, 2020/2021, co-author with Motoko Aizawa
- “Making FDI more sustainable: Towards an indicative list of FDI sustainability characteristics”, co-author with Karl Sauvant, Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 20(6) 2019, pp 916-952.
- “CETA and Investment: What is it about and What lies Beyond?”, co-author with Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder; pp. 339-358 in Foreign Investment under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), eds. Makane Mbengue and Stefanie Schacherer, Springer, 2019.
- “Using Permits and Contracts to Reduce International Investment Agreement (IIA) Risks to Climate Change Regulations: The Washington Gas Purchase”, 2019
- “The New Frontier: Economic Rights of Foreign Investors versus Government Policy Space” in Alternative Views of the International Law on Foreign Investment: Essays in Honour or M. Sornorajah, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- “Reconceptualizing International Investment Law: It’s Role in Sustainable Development”, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Volume 17, 2013, pp. 521-544.
- “Foreign Investment in Agriculture: Some Critical Contract Issues”, Uniform Law Review/Revue de Droit Uniforme, Volume XVII, 2012-1/2.
- “Stabilization in Investment Contracts: Rethinking the Context, Reformulating the Result”, Investment Treaty News, Volume 2, October 2011.
- “Civil Society Perspectives: What Do Key Stakeholders Expect From The International Investment Regime?”, in Jose Alvarez and Karl Sauvant, eds., The Evolving International Investment Regime, Expectations, Realities, Options, Oxford University Press, 2011.
- “Foreign Investment Contracts and Sustainable Development: The New Foundations Begin to Emerge”, Investment Treaty News, Volume 1, July 2011.
- “International Investment Agreements, Business and Human Rights: Key Issues and Opportunities”, prepared for the United Nations Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, February, 2008.
- IISD Model Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development”, lead author, with Konrad von Moltke, Aaron Cosbey and Luke Peterson, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2005. Reprinted in the ICSID Review, Fall, 2005. Second edition published 2006.
- “International Law and the Child Soldier”, Volume 36 ICLQ 1987, pp. 32-57.
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Select Conferences
- The New Gold Standard on Stabilization: The OECD Guiding Principles for Durable Extractive Contracts, 2020, Dundee University, Centre for Energy, petroleum and Mining Law and Policy, 11 March 2021.
- International Arbitration and Globalization: The Battle Between Private “Justice” and Public Law”, Hyman Soloway Annual Lecture in International Economic Law, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, January 15, 2020
- Taxation, revenue management and resource nationalism: what are the next steps for achieving the right balance?, Mining INDABA, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2019
- Debunking Resource Nationalism Parts 1 &2, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mining Law and Policy, University of Dundee, October 24, 2018
- Reimagining International Investment Governance, 13th Annual Columbia International Investment Conference, Columbia University, New York, September 2018
- Redefining Trade Negotiations: Why Today’s Model No Longer Works for Sustainable Development, 3rd Annual “Building Africa’s Negotiating Capacity for Improved Engagement with the World”, Accra, Ghana, 5-8 December 2017
- Closing panel, debate on The Legitimacy Deficit in Arbitrations Involving States, Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage, Annual Conference, Zurich, January 2016
- “Salient Legal Issues in the Substantive Standards of Protection in CETA”, McGill University Faculty of Law, Conference on the Canada – EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, November 1, 2014
- “The MMDA and International Best Practices for the Mining Industry”, Mining in Africa: Opportunities and Legal Challenges, International Bar Association, Dar es Salaam, 8 September 2014
- Workshop on International Investment Treaties & China 2013, Shanghai Consultative Centre on the World Trade Organization,, 11 November, 2013
- “Whether to Protect Investment from Tax Increases? Stabilization and Fiscal Arrangements in a Sustainable Development Context”, Dundee University Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Annual Mining Seminar (“Minerals Taxation and Sustainable Development”), June 2012, London.
- “Is Fair and Equitable Treatment Fair, Equitable, Just or Under Law?”, American Society of International Law, 100th Anniversary Meeting, March 2006.
- “Reshaping International Investment Agreements”, Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) Conference, “Trade and Sustainable Development Priorities, Post Doha”, London, April 2003.
