The relationship between international investment law and world cultural heritage is often explored from the prism of their professed mutual incompatibility: the former’s object is the protection of economic interests and the latter’s the preservation of world cultural heritage. The two often clash. Investment rights, endowed with robust enforcement mechanisms, typically prevail. However, a comparative reading of the two systems’ international dispute settlement mechanisms reveals that a more constructive approach to their study is also possible: cross-fertilization and the drawing of lessons from their respective functioning can improve the international resolution of disputes for both. The article considers the international legal framework of the two systems and the nature of disputes in international investment law and in international cultural heritage law. It then focuses on their respective dispute resolution mechanisms, their advantages and disadvantages, and canvasses the appropriateness of a broader use of extra-‘judicial’ or alternative dispute resolution means in investment law, and the desirability of access to dedicated international fora and stronger enforcement rules in international cultural heritage law.

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文化遗产法与外商投资保护的国际争端解决：交叉施肥是否可能？

国际投资法与世界文化遗产的关系，往往是从它们自称互不相容的角度来探讨的：前者的目的是保护经济利益，后者的目的是保护世界文化遗产。两者经常发生冲突。拥有强大执法机制的投资权通常会占上风。然而，对这两个体系的国际争端解决机制的比较阅读表明，对其研究采取更具建设性的方法也是可能的：相互促进和从各自运作中汲取经验可以改善双方争端的国际解决方案。本文考虑了这两种制度的国际法律框架以及国际投资法和国际文化遗产法中争议的性质。然后重点关注各自的争议解决机制及其优缺点，并探讨在投资法中更广泛使用“法外”或替代争议解决手段的适当性，以及进入专门的国际论坛和加强执法的可取性国际文化遗产法中的规则。