Conclusions

The right to expropriate is an undisputed prerogative of sovereign States. This right is, however, conditioned by principles of international law as well as by domestic law in most States, in the sense that the taking must be for a public purpose, on a nondiscriminatory basis, under due process of law and upon payment of compensation. The meaning of each of these requirements, which display a high degree of convergence in treaty practice, has been discussed in this paper.

Related Subject(s): United Nations