Permanent Court of Arbitration

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arbitral institution intergovernmental organization international court

The Permanent Court of Arbitration is an intergovernmental organization based in The Hague that facilitates arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution between states, state entities, intergovernmental organizations, and private parties.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration	1
Cour permanente d’arbitrage	1
Court of Arbitration	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arbitral institution ⓘ intergovernmental organization ⓘ international court ⓘ
abbreviation	PCA ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
differenceFrom	International Court of Justice ⓘ International Criminal Court ⓘ
employs	international civil servants ⓘ
founder	First Hague Peace Conference ⓘ
foundingDate	1899-07-29 ⓘ
governingBody	Permanent Court of Arbitration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
hasJurisdiction	international disputes ⓘ interstate disputes ⓘ investor-state disputes ⓘ state–intergovernmental organization disputes ⓘ state–private party disputes ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 ⓘ surface form: Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes of 1899 Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 ⓘ surface form: Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes of 1907
hasMember	state parties to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 ⓘ states that have acceded to the PCA ⓘ
hasPart	International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ Panels of Arbitrators ⓘ Panels of Conciliators ⓘ
hasStatus	permanent institution without standing bench of judges ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Peace Palace ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
inception	1899 ⓘ
legalForm	intergovernmental organization ⓘ
locatedIn	Peace Palace ⓘ surface form: Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
memberOf	United Nations observers ⓘ surface form: United Nations General Assembly observer entities
namedAfter	arbitration as a method of dispute settlement ⓘ
nativeName	Permanent Court of Arbitration self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cour permanente d’arbitrage Permanent Court of Arbitration self-link ⓘ
offers	arbitration ⓘ conciliation ⓘ fact-finding ⓘ mediation ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ other languages agreed by parties ⓘ
purpose	facilitation of arbitration between state entities and private parties ⓘ facilitation of arbitration between states ⓘ facilitation of arbitration between states and intergovernmental organizations ⓘ facilitation of arbitration between states and private parties ⓘ peaceful settlement of international disputes ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
seat	The Hague ⓘ
shortName	PCA ⓘ
usesProceduralRules	PCA Arbitration Rules ⓘ UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules ⓘ
website	https://pca-cpa.org ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South China Sea → arbitrationTribunal → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

The Hague → contains → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

Indus Waters Treaty → disputeResolutionMechanism → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Arbitration

Permanent Court of Arbitration → governingBody → Permanent Court of Arbitration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) → hosts → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

South Holland → hostsInstitution → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

Peace Palace → houses → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ

Permanent Court of Arbitration → nativeName → Permanent Court of Arbitration self-link ⓘ

Permanent Court of Arbitration → nativeName → Permanent Court of Arbitration self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cour permanente d’arbitrage

Hague Academy of International Law → near → Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ