Arbitration Committee

This study seeks to examine ethnic diversity in international arbitration. The IBA Arbitration Committee sought to establish an empirical base of research from which to examine current users’ perceptions regarding the role and impact of ethnic diversity on international arbitration. With the help of generous funding from the IBA, the Arbitration Committee commissioned an independent research organisation, Cortex Capital, to conduct the research and analyse the results. 

This report highlights significant inconsistencies in current practices, including conflicts in choice-of-law approaches, divergent interpretations of the principle's scope, and the unsuitability of domestic legal standards for addressing the complexities of arbitration.

This protocol for site visits has been prepared by an IBA Arbitration Committee Working Group to assist parties in discussing and organising their site visit, and sets out the Working Group’s understanding of best international practice for the conduct of site visits

This Toolkit, prepared by the Insolvency and Arbitration Working Group, provides guidance to parties, counsel and arbitrators in situations where a party to arbitration proceedings is also subject to insolvency proceedings in one or more jurisdictions. First published in 2021 and updated in 2024.

This Report provides the first comprehensive treatment of the intersection between insolvency and investment arbitration, covering specific issues of jurisdiction, standing, attribution, merit, damages, causation and procedure.

This Report provides the first comprehensive treatment of the intersection between insolvency and investment arbitration, covering specific issues of jurisdiction, standing, attribution, merit, damages, causation and procedure.

Through country-by-country questionnaires, this guide identifies the requirements of national laws which, if not carefully considered, may put an arbitral award in danger of either setting aside or non-enforcement under the New York Convention. A number of new country reports have been added for 2024.

Through country-by-country questionnaires, this guide identifies the requirements of national laws which, if not carefully considered, may put an arbitral award in danger of either setting aside or non-enforcement under the New York Convention. A number of new country reports have been added for 2024.

These country-specific reports focus on the often debated issue of non-signatories in international arbitration and address circumstances in which arbitration can be compelled or an award can be enforced against a non-signatory. A number of new country reports have been added for 2024.

The Arbitration Committee has prepared a guide to the law and practice of arbitration in more than 50 countries around the world. The material is intended as a high-level practical overview for practitioners and others seeking an introduction to arbitration in particular jurisdictions. Many guides have been updated for 2024.

In preparing this report, the ESG Subcommittee of the IBA Arbitration Committee, with the assistance of the IBA Business Human Rights Committee, set out to establish what role arbitration may have to play in the resolution of contractual ESG disputes.

The Arbitration Committee and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) have joined forces in drafting this checklist for promoting DEI in international arbitration conferences. The goal in proposing this checklist is to ensure that panellists and delegates at international arbitration conferences come from diverse backgrounds and that participation is inclusive.

The pandemic prevented the international arbitration community from sharing personal stories and highlighted the importance of not only finding alternative means to sustain exchanges of experiences, but also of preserving, and learning from, the collective legacy developed by the arbitration community to date.

This Report of the IBA Investment Arbitration Subcommittee examines the mechanisms and strategies available to the parties to calibrate the time, effort, and financial resources mobilised and invested to arbitrate small value investment claims in a manner that is commensurate with the sums at stake.

The IBA Arb 40 Subcommittee has compiled a list of tech-based resources that can be used to augment or assist an international arbitration, with a view to making modern-day technology more accessible to arbitration practitioners. It includes resources for virtual arbitrations.