Related Arbitration Links
1 Treaties and Conventions on
Arbitration
1923 Geneva
Protocol on Arbitration Clauses (In English and French)
1927 Geneva
Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (In English and
French)
1958 Convention on
the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (
1961 European
Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Geneva Convention) (In
English, French and Spanish)
1962 Agreement
Relating to Application of the European Convention on International Commercial
Arbitration (
1965
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between
States and Nationals of Other States (Washington or ICSID
Convention) (In English and French)
1966
Convention Providing a Uniform Law on Arbitration (
1972
Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting
from Relations of Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation (
1975
Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (
1979
Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and
Arbitral Awards (
1985
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial
Arbitration (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1987 Arab Convention on
Commercial Arbitration (In English)
1993 OHADA
Treaty on the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (
2 Related Treaties, Conventions
and Principles
Bilateral Investment Treaties (UNCTAD) (ICSID)
1954
Hague Convention on Civil Procedure (In English and French)
1961
Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation
for Foreign Public Documents (In English and French)
1965
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents
in Civil or Commercial Matters (In English and French)
1968
European Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and
Commercial Matters and subsequent Protocols and accession Conventions (
1970 Hague Convention on Taking Evidence Abroad in Civil or
Commercial Matters (In
English and French) (In
Spanish)
1971
Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in
Civil and Commercial Matters and Supplementary
Protocol (In English and French)
1973
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Products Liability
(In English and French)
1974
UN Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (
1975
Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (In
English) and Additional
protocol (In English and Spanish)
1978
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency (In English and French)
1978
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (
(In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1980
Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (
1980
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(
1982
UNCITRAL Recommendations to assist arbitral institutions
and other interested bodies with regard to arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (In Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1985
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition
(In English and French)
1986
Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale
of Goods (In English and French)
1988
United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International
Promissory Notes (
1988
European Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil
and Commercial Matters and Protocols 1, 2 and 3 (Lugano)
(In English and French)
1991
United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals
in International Trade (
1995
United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-By Letters of Credit
(
1997
UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (In
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
2001
United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International
Trade (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
2001
Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the
recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matter (In
English and French)
2001
UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures (In
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
2002
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial
Conciliation (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish)
2003
Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects
(In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
2004 UNIDROIT Principles of international Commercial Contracts
2004
ALI/ UNIDROIT Principles
of Transnational Civil Procedure
2005
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in
International Contracts (not yet in force) (In Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish)
2006
Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in respect of securities
held with an Intermediary (In English and French)
3 National Arbitration Laws
Commonwealth,
International Arbitration Act 1974 (Commonwealth)
Australian
Capital Territory, Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 (ACT)
New South
Wales, Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW)
Northern
Territory, Commercial Arbitration Act (NT)
Queensland,
Commercial Arbitration Act 1990 (Qld)
South
Australia, Commercial Arbitration and Industrial Referral Act 1986 (SA)
Tasmania,
Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 (Tas)
Victoria,
Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (Vic)
Western Australia,
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 (WA)
Part
6, Chapter 4, “Arbitration Law”, Code of Civil Procedure (In Czech,
English, German and Russian)
Belgian
Judicial Code (In Dutch, English, French)
Law No. 9307
of 1996 (In Portuguese)
Law on
International Commercial Arbitration (State Gazette No. 60 of 5 October1988) (In English)
Commercial Arbitration Act (1985, c. 17 (2nd Supp.))
Alberta
1986 International Commercial Arbitration Act
British
Columbia, Commercial Arbitration Act, RSBC 1996,
Chapter 55
British
Columbia, Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, RSBC 1996,
Chapter 154
British
Columbia,1996 International
Commercial Arbitration Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 233
New Brunswick
1986 International Commercial Arbitration Act (In English and French)
New
Brunswick 1992 Arbitration Act (In English and French)
Nova
Scotia, International Commercial Arbitration Act, Chapter 234 of the Revised
Statutes, 1989 (Select “Nova Scotia Statutes”, “Consolidated Public
Statues”, then search by name)
Nova Scotia,
Arbitration Act, Chapter 19 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, amended 1999, c. 5,
s. 61 (Select “Nova Scotia Statutes”, “Consolidated Public Statues”, then
search by name)
Yukon
Territory, Arbitration Act, R.S.Y. 2002, c. 8 (In
English and French)
Yukon
Territory, International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.Y.
2002, c. 123 (In English and French)
1994
Arbitration Law (CIETAC) (In English and
Mandarin)
Law
of Civil Procedure of People’s Republic of China
Decree No.
1818 of 1998, Conciliation and Arbitration Law (Arbitraje
y Otros Procedimientos Alternativos de Solución de Controversias Comerciales,
Colombia Decreto Nº 1818 de 1998) (In Portuguese
only)
Law on
Arbitration (Official Gazette No. 88/2001) in force as of 19 October 2001
(In Croatian and English)
Arbitration
Law, Law of the Dubai International Financial Centre, No 8 of 2004 (In
English)
Book
IV, “Arbitration”, Code of Civil Procedure (In English, French and Spanish)
German Arbitration Act of 1
January 1998 (In English, French, German, Russian and Spanish)
Chapter
341, Arbitration Ordinance (In Cantonese, English and Mandarin) (Search
chapter 341)
The
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, No 26 of 1996 (16 August 1996)
Arbitration
(International Commercial) Act, 1998
Book
IV, Title VIII, Arbitration, Chapter II, Code of Civil
Procedure (as amended by Legislative Decree of 2 February 2006, No.
40) (In English and Italian)
Arbitration
Law, Law No. 138 of 2004
Arbitration
Act, Amended by Act No.6083 as of Dec. 31, 1999
(In English and Korean)
Decree 55
of 1998 (Decreto-Lei n.º
55/98/M de 23 de Novembro) (In Portuguese and
Chinese)
Decree-Law
No 29 of 96M (Decreto-Lei n.º
29/96/M de 11 de Junho) (In Portuguese and
Chinese)
Laws
of Malaysia Act 646, Arbitration Act 2005 (In English)
Title VI, Book
V, Commercial Code (Código de Comercio,
Título Cuarto - Del Arbitraje Comercial) (In
Spanish)
The
Book Four,
“Arbitration”, Code of Civil Procedure (1 December 1986)
Arbitration
Act, 1940 (Description of)
Law No. 26572
of 1996 (Ley General de Arbitraje,
Ley N° 26572) (In Spanish)
Law
No 38/86, of 29 August 1986
Law
of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration, Law No.
5340-1 of 1993
International Arbitration
Act (Cap 143A)
Law
60/2003, of 23 December on Arbitration (In English)
Arbitration
Act No 11 of 1995 (Description of)
Swedish
Arbitration Act (SFS 1999:116) (In English,
French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish)
International
Arbitration Law, Chapter 12, Swiss Private International Law Act 1987 (In
English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish)
The
Arbitration Law of the Republic of China (In English and Mandarin)
Arbitration
Act 1996, Chapter 23
Law of
Ukraine On International Commercial Arbitration of 24
February, 1994
Law No.
15982, Code of Procedure (Ley N° 15.982 - Se aprueba el Código General del Proceso) (In Spanish)
LII Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C.. Sect
1 et seq.)
1998 Law
of Commercial Arbitration (Ley de Arbitraje
Comercial, Gaceta Oficial Nº 36.430 de 7 de abril
de 1998) (In Spanish)
4 International and Regional Arbitral
and ADR Institutions
Association for
International Arbitration (AIA)
Cairo Regional Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration
Commercial
Arbitration and Mediation Centre for the Americas (CAMCA)
European Court
of Arbitration/Cour européenne
d'arbitrage, Strasbourg
Free Trade Area of the
Americas (FTAA) (In English, French and Spanish)
Gulf
Cooperation Council Commercial Arbitration Centre (GCC)
International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC, Paris)
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre
for Commercial Arbitration (RCAKL)
Hong
Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Organization of American
States (Trade Unit) (OAS)
Organisation pour l'harmonisation du droit des affaires en afrique/Organization
for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
(In English, Spanish, Portuguese and French)
Singapore International
Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
Tehran
Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC)
5 National Arbitral and ADR Institutions
Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
Tribunal de Arbitraje (In Spanish)
Camara Argentina de Commercio
(In Spanish)
Australian Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Australian Commercial
Disputes Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Arbitrators and
Mediators Australia
Austrian Arbitration
Association
International
Arbitration Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (In English and
German)
Bahrain
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
International
Arbitration Court of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Centre for the Study and
Practice of National and International Arbitration (CEPINA
- CEPANI)
Tribunal Arbitral de Sao
Paolo (In Portuguese)
Arbitration
Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Canadian
Commercial Arbitration Centre
British Columbia International
Commercial Arbitration Centre
British Columbia Arbitration and
Mediation Institute (BCAMI)
L’Institut
d’Arbitrage et de Médiation du Québec (In
French)
The British Columbia
International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC)
Canadian Foundation for Dispute
Resolution
Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators
Association
National Arbitration Center (CNA)
Santiago
Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre
Beijing Arbitration Commission
(In Chinese)
China Chamber of
International Commerce (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade)
(CCPIT)
China
International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) (In English and Chinese)
China Maritime
Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
Centro Internacional de Conciliación y Arbitraje (In English and Spanish)
Permanent
Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Zagreb (In Serbian)
Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and
Industry
Danish Institute
of Arbitration (In English, German and French)
Cairo Regional
Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
Board of
Arbitration at the Central Chamber of Commerce
CAMP Chambre Arbitrale Maritime de
Paris (Maritime Arbitration Chamber of Paris) In French and English)
Chambre Arbitrale de Paris (Paris
Arbitration Chamber) (CAP) (In French, English and German)
CAREN
Court of Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of
Lille (In French, English and Dutch)
Chambre
de Commerce de Versailles (In French and English)
German Arbitration Institute
(Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit)
(In German)
German Maritime Arbitration
Association
German
Maritime Arbitration Court (In English and German)
Hamburg
Friendly Arbitration (Hamburger Freundschaftlicher
Arbitrage (In English and German)
Athens Chamber of
Commerce & Industry Department of Arbitration
Hong Kong International
Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Court of
Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(In Hungarian and English)
Indian Council of
Arbitration (
Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, Irish Branch
Law
Society of Ireland Arbitration Committee
Chamber of National and
International Arbitration at the Milan Chamber of Commerce (In English and
Italian)
Venice National and International
Arbitration Court (In English and Italian)
JCAA
Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
JSE - Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc. (In Japanese and
English)
Korean
Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
State
of Kuwait Judicial Arbitration Department of the Ministry of Justice
Baltic
International Arbitration Court
Latvian
Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Court of
Arbitration
Riga
International Arbitration Court
Vilnius Court of Commercial
Arbitration (VCCA)
Vilnius
International and National Commercial Arbitration p.i.
Chamber
of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Arbitration Centre (In French,
German and English)
Permanent
Court of Arbitration at the Economic Chamber of Macedonia
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre
for Arbitration (KLRCA)
Mauritius Chamber
of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) Permanent
Arbitration Court
CAM Centro de Arbitraje de Mexico
CANACO
(Center for Mediation and Arbitration in Mexico)
MNCCI Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The
NAI
Netherlands Arbitration Institute
Lagos Regional Centre for
International Commercial Arbitration
Arbitration
and Dispute Resolution Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce (In
Norwegian and English)
The Polish Chamber of
Commerce Court of Arbitration
Portuguese
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Arbitration Centre
International Commercial
Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian
Federation
Maritime
Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian
Federation
SPICAC
Saint Petersburg International Commercial Arbitration Commission (In
Russian only)
Supreme Arbitration Court of
the Russian Federation (In Russian, English and French)
The Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators - Scottish Branch
The Arbitration Chambers,
Singapore
Singapore International
Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (In English and
Chinese)
Singapore
Bunker Claims Procedure
Permanent
Court of Arbitration at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
(In English and Slovenian)
Equillore (formerly the Arbitration Forum)
AFSA
The Arbitration Foundation of South Africa
The
Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa)
ARBITEC
- Asociación Española de Arbitraje Tecnológico (in
Spanish only) Arbitration over the internet
Madrid
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Court of Arbitration (In English and
Spanish)
Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona de l’Associació Catalana per a l’Arbitraje (In English and Spanish)
Arbitration
Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage - Swiss Arbitration Association
Thai
Arbitration Institute of the Office of the Judiciary (In English and Thi)
Trinidad & Tobago
Dispute Resolution Centre at the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of
Industry & Commerce, Inc.
Centre de Conciliation et d'Arbitrage de Tunis
UCCET Arbitration - The Union of the Chambers of Commerce,
Industry, Maritime Commerce and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (In English
and Turkish)
International
Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (In English and Ukrainian)
UAE Civil
Procedure Code, Federal Law No. (11) of 1992
Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators (CIARB)
London Maritime Arbitrators
Association (LMAA)
Society of
Construction Arbitrators
Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje - Bolsa de Comercio Uruguay (In
Spanish)
AAA The American Arbitration
Association
CIDRA The Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association
The Center for Public Resources
Institute for Dispute Settlement (CPR)
National Academy of Arbitrators
(NAARB)
USA&M
United States Arbitration & Mediation
The Society of
Maritime Arbitrators, Inc.
Arbitration Centre of
Caracas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (In English and
Spanish)
6 Young Arbitration Practitioners
(With special thanks to Mark Kantor,
of
American
Bar Association Young Lawyers
Australasian Forum for
International Arbitration
Club Español
de Arbitraje (CEA-40)
Institute for Transnational
Arbitration
International
Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
Moscow Arbitration Forum (MAF40)
(website coming 2010) (contacts: Richard.Chlup@msa.se; Francesca.Albert@herbertsmith.com; aasoskov@rambler.ru)
International Institute for
Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) YADR Group
(Swedish)
Young Arbitration Association (SYJ)
Young
Attorneys in Alternative Dispute Resolution (YADR)
Young
Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
Young Canadian Arbitration
Practitioners (YCAP)
Young International
Arbitration Group (YIAG)
7 Other Organizations
American Bar Association (
American Society of International
Law (ASIL)
Hague
Conference on Private International Law/Conférence de
la Haye de Droit
International Privé
International
Bar Association (IBA)
International Law Association
(ILA)
International Law Institute (
International Institute for
the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) (In
English and French)
Union Internationale
des Avocats (UIA) (In
French, English and Spanish)
8 Arbitration Resources Online
Arbitration
Law Online Juris Publishing collection of
arbitration materials, subscription only
“ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law”
Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)
CLOUT
Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts
Center for International Legal
Studies Not-for-profit research and training centre
Centre for Transnational Law
Digest and Bibliography (CENTRAL)
Droit.org Portal for
research regarding French law (In French, German and English)
WEX
legal dictionary and encyclopedia at Cornell University Law School Legal
Information Institute
Electronic Journal of
Comparative Law Online journal published by
“Exploring
International Law”,
“Features - Update to International Commercial Arbitration:
Locating the Resources” at LLRX.com
Findlaw.Com US database of
cases and legislation
Gazette du
Palais Leading French legal periodical (In
French)
Global Legal
Information Network (GLIN) at Library of Congress
Database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other
complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and
international organizations
GlobaLex at Hauser Global Law School Program, NYU
School of Law Research guide for international and foreign law research
HeinOnline
Subscription only database of international law journals and
practice
Hieros Gamos Comprehensive law and government portal
ICC Dispute Resolution Library
The ICC Dispute Resolution Library (DRL) was launched in June 2008 and showcased at ICCA's
The
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
“International
Blauwg” International law blog
“International
Law”, Harvard Law Blog
International
Commercial Arbitration: Resources in Print and Electronic Format
International Court of Justice
(In English and French)
“International Law
Reporter” Blog
Investment Arbitration
Reporter
Investment Claims OUP Publicly available investment arbitration decisions and
awards, subscription and non-subscription site
Investment Treaty Arbitration
Investment treaties, other instruments and awards
Investment Treaty
News Investment treaty arbitration (In English and Spanish)
Iran-United
States Claims Tribunal
Journal Officiel (JO)
Juris
International Treaties, national laws, forms, national arbitration
institutions (In English, French and Spanish)
Kluwer Arbitration (national laws, international instruments,
commentary, subscription only)
Law.com
Legal 500 Guide to leading
law firms
Legifrance
French laws (In French, English and Spanish)
LEXIS Searchable for
International Arbitration materials
Lex
Mercatoria Collection of multilateral and
bilateral instruments as well as domestic legislation relating to international
arbitration
Lebanese Review of Arab and
International Arbitration (In English, French and Arabic)
LLRX.Com
Law Library Resource Exchange
Max Planck
Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (In English and
German)
Mealey's
Online International Arbitration Report and The
International Arbitration Quarterly Review
NewYorkConvention.org,
information on The
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
“Opinio
Juris”, international law and politics blog
Organization of American States
(OAS) Trade related links (In Portuguese, Spanish, French and English)
Pace Law School CISG Database Cases and commentary on CISG
Peace Palace Library,
Revue de Droit
des Affaires Internationales - International
Business Law Journal
Online version of well-known bilingual periodical (In French)
Transnational
Dispute Management Digest service as well as associated OGEMID
forum
UNILEX
Cases on CISG and UNIDROIT
Principles
United Nations Audiovisual
Library of International Law
World Legal Information
Institute Country by country legislation, case law, guide to government,
treaties
9 Further resources
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment
Disputes (ICSID) is an autonomous
international institution established under the Washington Convention on the
Settlement of Investment Disputes to provide facilities for conciliation and
arbitration of international investment disputes. Its website provides
information on its services, how it functions, its rules and regulations, a
list of signatory countries and the text of the Convention.
Lex Mercatoria
(www.lexmercatoria.org), an online law site
dedicated to the provision of information on international commercial law, has
compiled a comprehensive set of resources on International Commercial Arbitration
and other Dispute Settlement.
An OECD paper on “Transparency and Third Party Participation in
Investor-State Dispute Settlement Procedures” surveys
issues related to transparency and third party participation in investor-state
dispute settlement procedures. It examines the way in which the current rules
apply to these issues, describes the steps taken to improve the transparency of
the system at the governmental level, by the arbitral Tribunals and the ICSID and examines the perceived advantages as well as the
challenges of additional transparency.
The UN held a conference on the status of
the
The International Treaty Arbitration
(ITA) website provides access to
all publicly available investment treaty awards; information and resources
relating to investment treaties and investment treaty arbitration; and links to
further resources.
UNCTAD provides a database of treaty-based investor-state dispute
settlement cases that are pending or which have been
concluded. Only those claims that were disclosed by the parties or arbitral
institutions are included.
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) website includes a comprehensive
set of on-line resources relating to international treaties and conventions on
arbitration, national arbitration law and national, regional and international
institutions involved in arbitration.