International Arbitration Treaties

Legal Materials

The U.S. Department of State posts links to UNCITRAL materials and other treaties concerning international arbitration, as does UNCITRAL. The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration is published in Martindale-Hubbell. An annotated edition of the New York Convention (the UN Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards) and the Washington Convention (the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States) are posted for subscribers on the Kluwer Arbitration page.

List of Major International Arbitration Treaties

• The European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (1961) (European ICA)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (1967-2004) (ASEAN)
• The Algiers Accords and the Iran-United states Claims Tribunal (1981) (ALGIERS)
• The Arab (Amman) Convention on Commercial Arbitration (1987)
• NAFTA Chapter 11 (1992) (NAFTA)
• New York Convention (NYC)
• The Energy Charter Treaty (1994) (ECT)
• WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (1994) (WTO DSU)
• U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (2004) (US BIT)
• German Model Bilateral Investment Treaties (2005 and 2008)

In relation to Inter-American Treaties, Conventions and Agreements adopted within the framework of the OAS

The Organization of American States (a list of Members of the Organization of American States is here) adopted the following international instruments regarding Arbitration and Settlement of Disputes:

• Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
• American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota)

In relation to Arbitral Awards, there is the Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards.

See Also

• Arbitrators
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Trade
• Letters of Credit
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Treaties
• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)