Application of Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses by Investor-State Arbitral Tribunals

Tanjina Sharmin is a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Monash University. She completed her PhD with a specialization in International Law at Monash University, and received a Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Monash Graduate Research Scholarship. She completed her LLM with a specialization in Commercial Law at the University of Cambridge on a Commonwealth Scholarship, prior to completing her LLB at the University of Dhaka. Her research chiefly focuses on International Economic Law and Investor-State Arbitration. She has published articles in internationally respected peer-reviewed law journals, and a book chapter in the Handbook on International Investment Law and Policy edited by Julien Chaisse, Leïla Choukroune, and Sufian Jusoh (published by Springer).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Evolution of MFN Treatment and Trends of Drafting in the Older Generation IIAS.- Chapter 3. Principles of Interpretation.- Chapter 4. Application of MFN to Substantive Benefits.- Chapter 5. Application of MFN To Procedural Prerequisites to Arbitration.- Chapter 6. Application of MFN to Extend Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.