International Minimum Standard Law and Legal Definition
International Minimum Standard refers to a minimum standard of treatment to be observed with regard to the treatment of foreign nationals. The minimum standard consists of the right to life, liberty, and free access to the courts and to the protection of property.
The Minimum Standard of Treatment protects the investments of investors and ensures fair and equitable treatment and full protection and security in accordance with the principles of customary international law. Fair and equitable treatment includes non-discrimination and the protection of foreign property by the host State.
A coastal state is precluded from enacting legislation that includes greater restrictions or requirements than existing international minimum standards. [Mayaguezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente v. United States, 38 F. Supp. 2d 168, 177 (D.P.R. 1999)]
Legal Definition list
- International Military Agency and Training Program
- International Maritime Organization
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
- International Maritime Consultative Organization
- International Mail
- International Minimum Standard
- International Monetary Fund
- International Narcotics Control Board
- International Narcotics Trafficking
- International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
- International Organization
Related Legal Terms
- 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practice
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Accounting Professional Standards
- Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Course [Education]
- Advertising Standards
- Ally [International Law]
- Alternative Minimum Tax
- American College of Forensic Examiners International [ACFEI]
- American National Standards Institute
- American Society for International Law [ASIL]
