Solving the key issues in investment disputes: Multilateral investment court and the other options

This dissertation seeks to explore investment reforms such as establishing a multilateral investment court and other reform options. It could be asserted that current investment law regime tends to be a pro-investor system and there is no single regulatory authority regarding dispute resolution system, which is the source of heavy critics towards current investment regime. This mechanism requires reform in international investment law. This dissertation focuses on the problems arising out of investor state dispute settlement in terms of establishing delicate balance between investor and host state and investment reform movements conducted by different international organizations and institutions. In this respect, this dissertation suggests to establish a multilateral permanent investment court. The dissertation firstly focuses on critics regarding current arbitration framework, then it addresses international organizations' reform options and possible structure of multilateral investment court regime. We conclude the dissertation with our findings and recommendations in relation to the current system as well as investment reform options.