Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration

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The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration is a regional treaty adopted within the Americas that establishes uniform rules for recognizing and enforcing international commercial arbitration agreements and awards among member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international commercial arbitration treaty ⓘ
international convention ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt Panama City, Panama ⓘ
linked to: Panama City
adoptedBy Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptionDate 1975-01-30 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Panama Convention ⓘ
appliesTo commercial disputes of an international character ⓘ
articleIncludes provisions on recognition and enforcement of awards ⓘ
provisions on the appointment of arbitrators ⓘ
provisions on the arbitral procedure ⓘ
provisions on the validity of arbitration agreements ⓘ
category OAS treaty ⓘ
concludedIn Panama ⓘ
depositary General Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ
encourages use of arbitration as an alternative to litigation in international commercial disputes ⓘ
focus cross-border commercial transactions ⓘ
geographicalScope states of the Americas that are members of the Organization of American States ⓘ
governs enforcement of international commercial arbitral awards ⓘ
recognition of international commercial arbitration agreements ⓘ
harmonizes rules on international commercial arbitration among American states ⓘ
hasEffectOn enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in contracting states ⓘ
recognition of foreign arbitral awards in contracting states ⓘ
implementedBy national arbitration laws of member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
inForce true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalArea international economic law ⓘ
private international law ⓘ
limits grounds for refusing recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards ⓘ
openedForSignature 1975-01-30 ⓘ
provides procedural framework for international commercial arbitration in the Americas ⓘ
purpose to establish uniform rules for international commercial arbitration in the Americas ⓘ
to facilitate recognition and enforcement of international commercial arbitration agreements and awards ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
relatedTo New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ
requires contracting states to recognize arbitral awards as binding ⓘ
contracting states to recognize arbitration agreements in writing ⓘ
scope applies to arbitral awards made in the territory of a state party ⓘ
applies when parties have agreed to submit disputes to arbitration ⓘ
subjectMatter arbitration agreements ⓘ
international commercial arbitration ⓘ
recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards ⓘ
typeOfArbitration commercial arbitration ⓘ

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Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration ⓘ