双边投资条约在武装冲突情况下的适用问题研究

The Applicability of Bilateral Investment Treaties in Situations of Armed Conflict

利比亚冲突使得武装冲突中保护投资的问题受到了普遍关注。本文讨论的是该问题的一个面向,即双边投资条约(以下简称'BITs')在武装冲突情况下是否仍然适用。本文首先讨论了BITs中与武装冲突相关的常见条款,并分析包含这些条款的BITs在武装冲突中的适用性。本文继而讨论了如何根据条约法的一般规则判断不包含此类条款的BITs的适用性。最后,本文分析了在反政府武装成功夺取政权的情况下BITs的效力问题以及违约行为的责任问题。

The Libya conflict raised the issue of protection of investment in situations of armed conflict,of which the applicability of bilateral investment treaties(BITs)is no doubt a very important dimension.This article firstly discusses common clauses in BITs that are related to armed conflict,and analyses the applicability of BITs that contains such clauses.It then moves to examine the applicability of BITs without such clauses,according to the general rules of the law of treaties.Finally,the article examines the applicability of BITs and the responsibility for breaches when an anti-governmental armed group achieves final success and establishes a new government.