21st Annual IBA Arbitration Day
25 Feb - 26 Feb 2018
Hilton Buenos Aires Hotel
Session information
The rules of interpretation of contracts and treaties created by international arbitrators
Monday 26 February (1430 - 1600)
Hilton Buenos Aires Hotel
Committee(s)
Arbitration Committee
(Lead)
Dispute Resolution Section
(Lead)
Legal Practice Division
(Lead)
Latin American Regional Forum
Regional Fora
Regional Fora
Description
This panel will describe, analyse and criticise the rules on interpretation of contracts and treaties commonly applied by international arbitrators between the principles of pacta sunt servanda and bona fide. In particular, this panel will address: 1) Use and misuse of the good faith principle in international arbitration 2) The contract not only obliges to what is written therein but also to what arises from the contract’s nature and the bona fide principle 3) The extension of the arbitration agreement to non-signatories 4) Is the treaty inserted into international law? The issue of fragmentation of international law Moderator Claus von Wobeser, Von Wobeser y Sierra, Mexico City; IBA Council Member, Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados Speakers Mauricio Almeida Prado, L O Baptista Advogados Associados, São Paulo Yas Banifatemi, Shearman & Sterling, Paris Bernard Hanotiau, Hanotiau & van den Berg, Brussels Patrick Taylor, Debevoise & Plimpton, London