Alvarez-Jimenez, Alberto2019-03-262018-11-012019-03-262018Alvarez-Jimenez, A. (2018). The International Law Gaze: Allard v. Barbados. New Zealand Law Journal, 2018(November), 321–324.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12431What does it happen if as a result, among others, of an alleged State’s failure to enforce its environmental regulation, a foreign investor suffers significant losses due to the environmental deterioration provoked by the failure, argues that the failure constitutes a violation of its rights under an international investment agreement, and requests compensation from the host State? The award in Peter A. Allard v the Government of Barbados answers this and other related questions. (Peter A. Allard v the Government of Barbados, Permanent Court of Arbitration, PCA Case No 2012-06, 27 June 2016) (Allard v Barbados). Although the investor lost the case, there are lessons to draw for environmental authorities and for New Zealand investors abroad.application/pdfenThis is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: New Zealand Law Journal. © 2018 LexisNexis NZ Ltd. Used with permission.Journal Article