International Arbitration

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Treaties

National Statutes

• The Hague Convention of 1899 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
  
  
• The Hague Convention of 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
  
  
• Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923 (html), (tiff file on Courseinfo site, in English and French), (word doc version on Courseinfo site, in English and French under course documents)
  
  
• Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927 (html),
  (tiff-file on Courseinfo site, in course documents ) (word doc on Courseinfo site, in English and French, in course documents)
  
  
• New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
  
  
• Final Act of the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration
  
  
• European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
  
  
• Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
  
  
• Washington Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes

• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
  
  
• Belgium - Articles 1676 to 1723 of the Gerechtelijk Wetboek/Code Judiciaire (in English, French and Dutch, html)
  
  
• England - Arbitration Act, 1996
  
  
• France - French Code of Civil Procedure (French, Spanish)
  
  
• Germany - German Code of Civil Procedure (English)
  
  
• Hong Kong - Chapter 341 Arbitration Ordinance
  
  
• Italy - Code of Civil Procedure (Click here for the portion of this code dealing with arbitration in English)
  
  
• Japan - Law 138 of 2003 (arbitration)
  
  
• The Netherlands - Code of Civil Procedure (Arbitration Act) (pdf)
  
  
• Sweden - The Swedish Arbitration Act of 1999
  
  
• Switzerland - Federal Private International Law Act (Chapter 12 - Arbitration)
  
  
• United States Federal Arbitration Act - see Courseinfo site
  
  
• United States - Uniform Arbitration Act (pdf)
  
  
• United States - Massachusetts Uniform Arbitration Act for Commercial Disputes
  
  
• United States - New York Civil Practice Law on courseinfo site

Rules

Arbitral Ethics and Evidence

• ICC ADR Rules
  
  
• ICC Rules of Arbitration (English, French, Arabic, Brazilian Portugese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, all in pdf)
  
  
• Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association
  
  
• International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules) of the American Arbitration Association
  
  
• Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (from the home page, click on "Arbitration") (in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish)
  
  
• ICSID Basic Documents (English, French and Spanish)
  
  
• Tokyo Maritime Arbitration Rules (ordinary rules), (simplified rules), (SCAP - small claims rules)
  
  
• Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission
  
  
• Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
  
  
• Center for Public Resources, Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration
  
  
• Permanent Court of Arbitration, Optional Rules for Arbitrating Disputes Between Two States
  
  
• China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Arbitration Rules
  
  

• International Bar Association, Rules of Ethics for International Arbitrators
  
  
• Revised Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes, American Arbitration Association
  
  
• International Bar Association, Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (Background Information on the Guidelines)
  
  
• International Bar Association, Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration