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Updating the UNCITRAL Model Procurement Law for “Green Procurement”

Public Procurement Intl

One solution would be to bring Article 10 into line with Article 43 of EU Directive 2014/24/EU , to ensure that eco-labels: (a) concern only “criteria which are linked to the subject-matter of the contract and are appropriate to define characteristics.

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2024 Year in Review: Human Rights and ISDS—Continued Convergence of Human Rights and the Environment

Kluwer Arbitration

According to UNCTAD, no model agreements were released in 2024. The question therefore was whether this final vote was the result of illegitimate government influence; however, the majority concluded that there was no evidence on the record that leads to this conclusion (Award, para. Nine IIAs currently have publicly available texts.