SOME ISSUES RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS LAW WHEN SOLVINGINTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT DISPUTES ARISING FROM NEW-GENERATION FTAS

Vietnam's participation in the negotiation and successful signing of new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) has opened up many opportunities and challenges with huge impacts on the economy and society. Foreign investors, when deciding to invest in Vietnam, will have to learn very carefully the provisions of the law on investment protection mechanisms, especially issues related to regulations and enforcement of human rights in the host country. In particular, these problems are most evident when there are disputes between investors as well as between investors and the host country. In this article, the authors will analyze issues related to human rights law when settling investment disputes on international investment arising from the new-generation FTAs to which Vietnam is a member.