International Conventions

In this section we list the major international conventions and treaties on arbitration. For arbitration agreements contained in bilateral investment treaties, you can go to the ICSID database. To see if a convention applies in a particular country, go to Contracting States.

 

 

Arab Countries - Convention Arabe D’Amman Sur L’Arbitrage Commercial ("the Arab Convention"), 1987.

 

Inter-American Convention on the Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards ("the Montevideo Convention"), 1979.

 

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration ("the Panama Convention"), 1975.

 

Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting from Relations of Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation ("the Moscow Convention"), 1972.

 

Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States ("the ICSID Convention"), 1965.

 

European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration ("the Geneva Convention"), 1961.

 

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("the New York Convention"), 1958.

 

Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("the Geneva Convention"), 1927.

 

Protocol on Arbitration Clauses ("the Geneva Protocol"), 1923.