Concept and Types of International Legal Guarantees of the Foreign Investors Rights

Abstract

The article analyses the international legal guarantees of the rights of foreign investors. International legal guarantees can be classified according to the volume of their rights as General and Special Warranty. General international legal guarantees are guarantees of human rights in the area of civil and political rights and economics, social and cultural rights. These guarantees are the universally recognized basic international legal guarantees to be followed by States. International guarantees of the rights of foreign investors can be called Special in respect of general international legal guarantees as they have a special subject of regulation - obligations of states receiving foreign investment to ensure protection of property rights of foreign investors. International legal guarantees of the rights of foreign investors, as the special guarantees, are contained in international multilateral and bilateral agreements and include guarantees of property rights of foreign investors, compensation, insurance, guarantees for the settlement of international investment disputes, but these guarantees are aimed at ensuring protection of property rights of foreign investors. It should be noted that international legal guarantees for foreign investors are the legal obligations of recipient states, enshrined in international multilateral and bilateral agreements, extending its action against foreign investors, through which foreign investors have an opportunity to exercise their rights and legitimate interests in the sphere of their ownership investments in recipient states.