Explanation:
Counterclaims based on alleged human rights violations by foreign investors emerge as a legal tool for host States when human rights abuses occur by the investor under the scope of an investment project. Human rights counterclaims are a nascent theoretical and doctrinal development in order to attempt to make foreign companies accountable for human rights violations in the course of the operations in the host country. (See also Human Rights in Investment Claims and Corporate Social Responsibility)
