Webinaire | Harnessing International Economic Law to Advance Sustainability

In his recent book International Economic Law (Presses Universitaires de France, 2023), Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto highlights the potential of international trade and investment law to advance sustainability.
While certain legal frameworks still disregard sustainability, a new generation of legal instruments is emerging—one that increasingly seeks to balance economic prosperity, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Building on this development and its
potential to make sustainability achievable, the book also introduces a new approach to international economic law. According to Couveinhes-Matsumoto, international economic law can no longer be viewed as a stand-alone branch of international law focused on
promoting global economic growth through free trade and investment protection. It rather encompasses all international rules with economic implications, whether their objectives is growth, international or domestic security, respect for human rights, human
health, or sustainability. This webinar will explore this paradigm shift and some of its implications for emerging economies.

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