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Directory of Arbitration Websites and Information on Arbitration Available Online, compiled by Rosabel E. Goodman-Everard for the Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration, is a comprehensive list of arbitration treaties and conventions; national arbitration laws; international, regional and national institutes involved in arbitration and ADR; online journals; and other arbitration-related resources.

Dispute Settlement (OAS Foreign Trade Information System) provides full-text access to the "'Inventory of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Procedures and Legal Texts Established in Existing Trade and Integration Agreements, Treaties and Arrangements in the Hemisphere and in the WTO". It also provides reports from FTA, GATT, NAFTA and the WTO.

International Center for Dispute Resolution (American Arbitration Association, AAA) links to rules and regulations, guides and fact sheets on interantional arbitration.

International Chamber of Commerce. "ICC activities cover a broad spectrum, from arbitration and dispute resolution to making the case for open trade and the market economy system, business self-regulation, fighting corruption or combating commercial crime." The web site provides access to ICC policy statements covering the broad spectrum of commerce.

International Commercial Arbitration (ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law) is a detailed research guide by Charlotte Bynum, Tulane Law Library. It includes extensive list of national arbitration laws available on the Internet.

International Commercial Arbitration: Locating the Resources is a research guide by Jean Wenger, Government Documents/Foreign & International Law Reference Librarian at Cook County Law Library in Chicago. This comprehensive guide is an excellent starting point.

Mayer, Brown & Platt - International Arbitration

International/Regional Institutions

Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas (CAMCA)

European Court of Arbitration

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes includes basic documents and a list of bilateral investment treaties arranged by country.

International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration provides ICC rules in multiple languages.

Permanent Court of Arbitration includes basic documents such as PCA conventions and rules of procedure. Except for high profile conflicts and awards, the PCA site does not currently include award summaries or text.

 

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Agreement relating to application of the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 523 UNTS 93; ETS 42; entered into force January 25, 1965.

American Arbitration Association International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)

Arab Convention on Commercial Arbitration , entered into force June 25, 1992.

Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes 1 Bevans 577; 36 Stat. 2199; entered into force January 26, 1910.

Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards 92 LNTS 301, entered into force July 26, 1929.

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958) 330 UNTS 38; 21 UST 2517; entered into force June 7, 1959.

Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting from Relations of Economic and Scientific Technical Cooperation (Moscow Convention) 890 UNTS 167, entered into force January 1, 1973.

Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (Washington Convention) 575 UNTS 159, 17 UST 1270.

European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 484 UNTS 364; entered into force January 7, 1964.

European Convention Providing a Uniform Law on Arbitration

IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration Adopted by a resolution of the IBA Council 1 June 1999.

ICSID Convention, Rules and Regulation

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama Convention) 1438 UNTS 245; OASTS 42; entered into force June 16, 1976.

Inter-American Convention of Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgements and Arbitral Awards (Montevideo Convention) 1439 UNTS 87; OASTS 51; entered into force June 14, 1980.

Transnational Law Database (TLDB) organizes arbitral awards, principles/model laws, conventions, national legislation by the principle of transnational commercial law or lex mercatoria. Mostly full-text.

UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976)

UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules (1980)

UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985)

UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (1996)

Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Arbitration CD-ROM: Resources on International Commercial Arbitration (by Kluwer Law International, 1998- ) INTL MEDIA K2400 A95. It is a searchable database of legislation, rules, awards, cases, arbitration treaties, conventions, commentary, and bibliographies.

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Case Laws on UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT) has abstracts of court decisions involving UNCITRAL documents such as the CISG or the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law, prepared by a network of national correspondents.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has a list of pending and concluded cases. Some decisions are posted online.

Transnational Law Database (TLDB) organizes arbitral awards, principles/model laws, conventions, national legislation by the principle of transnational commercial law or lex mercatoria. Mostly full-text.

UNILEX on CISG and UNIDROIT Principles: International Caselaw and Bibliography provides access to decisions and arbitral awards by date, country or arbitral tribunal, article number of the CISG or the UNIDROIT Principles.

Arbitration CD-ROM: Resources on International Commercial Arbitration (by Kluwer Law International, 1998- ) INTL MEDIA K2400 A95. It is a searchable database of legislation, rules, awards, cases, arbitration treaties, conventions, commentary, and bibliographies.