Overview of investment treaty programme
1. What are the key features of the investment treaties to which this country is a party?
Zimbabwe
BIT Contracting Party or MIT |
Substantive protections |
Procedural rights |
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Fair and equitable treatment (FET) |
Expropriation |
Protection |
Most-favoured-nation (MFN) |
Umbrella clause |
Cooling-off period |
Local courts |
Arbitration |
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Austria (not in force)1 |
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Belgium-Luxembourg (not in force)2 |
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Botswana (2012)3 |
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China (1 March 1998) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Expropriation only |
Croatia (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Czech Republic (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Denmark (2 February 1999) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Egypt (not in force)4 |
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France (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Germany (14 April 2000) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Ghana (not in force)5 |
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India (not in force)6 |
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Indonesia (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Islamic Republic of Iran (not in force)7 |
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Italy (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Jamaica (not in force)8 |
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Kuwait (not in force)9 |
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Malawi (not in force)10 |
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Malaysia (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Mauritius (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Expropriation only |
Mozambique (not in force)11 |
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Netherlands (1 May 1998) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Portugal (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Russian Federation (not in force)12 |
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Serbia (22 July 1997) 13 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Singapore (not in force)14 |
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South Africa (11 May 2010) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Sweden (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Switzerland (9 February 2001) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
Tanzania (not in force)15 |
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Thailand (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
Uganda (not in force)16 |
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United Kingdom (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3 months |
No |
Yes |
Investment Agreement for the COMESA17 Common Investment Area (not in force) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
Yes |
Yes |
SADC18 Protocol on Finance and Investment, Annex 1 (16 April 201019 ) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
6 months |
No |
Yes |
FTAs/EPAs |
Substantive protections |
Procedural rights |
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Fair and equitable treatment (FET) |
Expropriation |
Protection and security |
Most-favoured- |
Umbrella clause |
Cooling-off period |
Local courts |
Arbitration |
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N/A |