Foreign Investment, Human Rights and Environmental Protection:

Striking a Balance for Sustainable Development,

Authored by Shawkat Alam and Abdullah Al Faruque

(Routledge, 2025), ISBN 9781003164951

 

The re-evaluation of international investment law within the axes of sustainable development norms represents one of the most pressing challenges in contemporary legal scholarship. Growing concerns surrounding transnational movements of capital and related governance issues have led to an increased focus on the compatibility of foreign investment protection and state obligations to protect human rights and the environment. Alam and Al Faruque’s book, Foreign Investment, Human Rights, and Environmental Protection: Striking a Balance for Sustainable Development, not only engages with some contemporary debates on international investment law but also introduces significant contributions to the scholarship on international investment law, human rights, and environmental sustainability.