International Council for Commercial Arbitration

ICCA is a worldwide NGO devoted to promoting the use and improving the processes of arbitration, conciliation and other forms of dispute resolution. Its activities include convening congresses and conferences, sponsoring authoritative dispute resolution publications, and promoting the harmonization of arbitration and conciliation rules, laws, procedures and standards.

ICCA Edinburgh 2022

The ICCA Edinburgh Congress will take place from 18 - 21 September 2022 and will focus on the theme ‘Arbitration’s Age of Enlightenment?’. Click here for all the details.

ICCA Celebrates its 60th Anniversary

ICCA celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021 with a series of project launches and a look back at our history. Click here for video footage of 2021 events, and for information about additional scheduled project launches in the 60th Anniversary series.

Latest News

25 July 2022

Editor's Choice: a new ICCA Yearbook Commercial Arbitration upload

ICCA Publications General Editor Stephan Schill gives us his favourite picks of the second Yearbook upload of 2022.
5 July 2022

ICCA Launches Johnny Veeder Fellowship Programme

ICCA is delighted to announce the launch of the Johnny Veeder Fellowship Programme and is now seeking contributions to the fund. The mission of the Programme is to celebrate and perpetuate Johnny’s contributions to ICCA and especially to the advancement of young, new and diverse international arbitration practitioners and academics. 
1 July 2022

William (‘Bill’) K. Slate II (1943 – 2022)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ICCA Advisory Board Member William (‘Bill’) Kenneth Slate II on 10 June 2022. Bill held office in ICCA from 2005-2018, and will be remembered as unfailingly courteous, constructive and generous in his interactions with the ICCA community.
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ICCA Congresses

The XXVth ICCA Congress will take place in Edinburgh from Sunday 18 - Wednesday 21 September 2022.

ICCA Projects

ICCA undertakes projects aimed at harmonizing arbitral practices and promoting understanding of dispute resolution processes worldwide.

ICCA Publications

ICCA’s publications play an influential role in the field of international arbitration.

ICCA's Judicial Outreach

ICCA’s Judicial Outreach programme centres around its New York Convention Roadshow. Launched in 2012, the Roadshow is a series of colloquia for judges on the application of the New York Convention.