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2 Related Treaties, Conventions and Principles
4 International Arbitral and ADR Institutions
5 Regional Arbitral and ADR Institutions
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 (New York Convention) (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
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 (Paris Agreement) (In English and French)
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 (Strasbourg Convention) (In English and French)
1972 Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting from Relations of Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation (Moscow Convention) (In English and French)
1975 Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama Convention) (In English, French and Spanish)
1979 Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards (Montevideo Convention) (In English, French, Portuguese and Spanish)
1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1987 Arab Convention on Commercial Arbitration (In English)
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 (Brussels) (In English and French)
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 (New York) (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
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 (Hamburg Rules)
(In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1980 Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome) (Original and consolidated convention and 1st and 2nd protocols) (In 11 languages)
1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna) (In English)
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 (New York)
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 (Vienna) (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
1995 United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-By Letters of Credit (New York) (In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
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)
Australia
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)
Austria
Part 6, Chapter 4, “Arbitration Law”, Code of Civil Procedure (In Czech, English, German and Russian)
Belgium
Belgian Judicial Code (In Dutch, English, French)
Brazil
Law No. 9307 of 1996 (In Portuguese)
Bulgaria
Law on International Commercial Arbitration (State Gazette No. 60 of 5 October1988) (In English)
Canada
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)
China
1994 Arbitration Law (CIETAC) (In English and Mandarin)
Law of Civil Procedure of People’s Republic of China
Colombia
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)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Law on Arbitration (Official Gazette No. 88/2001) in force as of 19 October 2001 (In Croatian and English)
Dubai
Arbitration Law, Law of the Dubai International Financial Centre, No 8 of 2004 (In English)
Ecuador
France
Book IV, “Arbitration”, Code of Civil Procedure (In English, French and Spanish)
Germany
German Arbitration Act of 1 January 1998 (In English, French, German, Russian and Spanish)
Hong Kong
Chapter 341, Arbitration Ordinance (In Cantonese, English and Mandarin) (Search chapter 341)
India
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, No 26 of 1996 (16 August 1996)
Ireland
Arbitration (International Commercial) Act, 1998
Italy
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)
Japan
Arbitration Law, Law No. 138 of 2004
Korea
Arbitration Act, Amended by Act No.6083 as of Dec. 31, 1999 (In English and Korean)
Macau
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)
Malaysia
Laws of Malaysia Act 646, Arbitration Act 2005 (In English)
Mexico
Title VI, Book V, Commercial Code (Código de Comercio, Título Cuarto - Del Arbitraje Comercial) (In Spanish)
Mongolia
The Netherlands
Book Four, “Arbitration”, Code of Civil Procedure (1 December 1986)
New Zealand
Pakistan
Arbitration Act, 1940 (Description of)
Paraguay
Peru
Law No. 26572 of 1996 (Ley General de Arbitraje, Ley N° 26572) (In Spanish)
Portugal
Law No 38/86, of 29 August 1986
Russian Federation
Law of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration, Law No. 5340-1 of 1993
Singapore
International Arbitration Act (Cap 143A)
Spain
Law 60/2003, of 23 December on Arbitration (In English)
Sri Lanka
Arbitration Act No 11 of 1995 (Description of)
Sweden
Swedish Arbitration Act (SFS 1999:116) (In English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish)
Switzerland
International Arbitration Law, Chapter 12, Swiss Private International Law Act 1987 (In English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish)
Taiwan (ROC)
The Arbitration Law of the Republic of China (In English and Mandarin)
United Kingdom (England and Wales)
Arbitration Act 1996, Chapter 23
Ukraine
Law of Ukraine On International Commercial Arbitration of 24 February, 1994
Uruguay
Law No. 15982, Code of Procedure (Ley N° 15.982 - Se aprueba el Código General del Proceso) (In Spanish)
United States
LII Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C.. Sect 1 et seq.)
Venezuela
1998 Law of Commercial Arbitration (Ley de Arbitraje Comercial, Gaceta Oficial Nº 36.430 de 7 de abril de 1998) (In Spanish)
Association for International Arbitration (AIA)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS/TAS) (In English and French)
International Bar Association (IBA)
International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) (In English and French)
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (In English, French and Spanish)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
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)
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)Abu Dhabi
Argentina
Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires Tribunal de Arbitraje (In Spanish)
Camara Argentina de Commercio (In Spanish)
Australia
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Australian Commercial Disputes Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
Austria
International Arbitration Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (In English and German)
Bahrain
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Belarus
International Arbitration Court of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Belgium
Centre for the Study and Practice of National and International Arbitration (CEPINA - CEPANI)
Brazil
Tribunal Arbitral de Sao Paolo (In Portuguese)
Bulgaria
Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Canada
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
Chile
Santiago Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Centre
China, P.R.
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)
Costa Rica
Centro Internacional de Conciliación y Arbitraje (In English and Spanish)
Croatia
Permanent Arbitration Court at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Zagreb (In Serbian)
Cyprus
Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Czech Republic
Denmark
Danish Institute of Arbitration (In English, German and French)
Egypt
Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
Finland
Board of Arbitration at the Central Chamber of Commerce
France
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)
Germany
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)
Greece
Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry Department of Arbitration
Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
Hungary
Court of Arbitration attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (In Hungarian and English)
Iceland
India
Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA)
Ireland
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Irish Branch
Law Society of Ireland Arbitration Committee
Italy
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)
Japan
JCAA Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
JSE - Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc. (In Japanese and English)
Korea
Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
Kuwait
State of Kuwait Judicial Arbitration Department of the Ministry of Justice
Latvia
Latvian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Court of Arbitration
Luxembourg
Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Arbitration Centre (In French, German and English)
Macedonia
Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Economic Chamber of Macedonia
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)
Malta
Mauritius
Mauritius Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) Permanent Arbitration Court
Mexico
CAM Centro de Arbitraje de Mexico
Mongolia
MNCCI Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The Netherlands
NAI Netherlands Arbitration Institute
Nigeria
Lagos Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Norway
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce (In Norwegian and English)
Poland
The Polish Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration
Portugal
Portuguese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Arbitration Centre
Romania
Russian Federation
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)
Scotland
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Scottish Branch
Singapore
The Arbitration Chambers, Singapore
Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (In English and Chinese)
Singapore Bunker Claims Procedure
Slovenia
Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (In English and Slovenian)
South Africa
Equillore (formerly the Arbitration Forum)
AFSA The Arbitration Foundation of South Africa
The Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa)
Spain
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)
Sweden
Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
Switzerland
Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage - Swiss Arbitration Association
Thailand
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.
Turkey
UCCET Arbitration - The Union of the Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Maritime Commerce and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (In English and Turkish)
Ukraine
International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (In English and Ukrainian)
United Arab Emirates
UAE Civil Procedure Code, Federal Law No. (11) of 1992
United Kingdom (England and Wales)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB)
London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)
Society of Construction Arbitrators
Uruguay
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.
Venezuela
Arbitration Centre of Caracas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (In English and Spanish)
American Bar Association (ABA)
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 (ILI)
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) (In English and French)
Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) (In French, English and Spanish)
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 Tilburg University Law School, The Netherlands
“Exploring International Law”, Georgetown University Blog
“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
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) France The French official gazette (In French)
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 US related news site
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
“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, The Hague
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
World Legal Information Institute Country by country legislation, case law, guide to government, treaties
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