A/HRC/30/44 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Investment versus human rights protection ...................................................................................... 6 III. Investor–State dispute settlement: a challenge to democracy and the rule of law............................ 9 IV. Normative framework ...................................................................................................................... 13 V. Systemic reform ............................................................................................................................... 15 VI. Outlook............................................................................................................................................. 17 VII. Plan of action.................................................................................................................................... 19 VIII. Postscript ......................................................................................................................................... 24 .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Annex 3