As this blog's readers all know, under most investment treaties and investment chapters of trade agreements, foreign investors can sue a host government directly in an international tribunal, based on various obligations imposed on the government (fair and equitable treatment, etc.).
For those who support this system, I'm interested in hearing your views on something:
-- Should the ability to sue a government in an international tribunal be available only to foreign investors?
-- Or, in the alternative, should the ability to sue a government in an international tribunal be available more generally, to domestic investors as well as foreign investors, and even to non-investors, i.e., ordinary citizens (foreign or domestic)?
I know these questions are a bit loaded, but I'm genuinely curious about people's views here.
