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 NERFINISHED
adoptedBy Organization of American States NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1975-01-30
alsoKnownAs Panama Convention NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
depositary General Secretariat of the Organization of American States NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
relatedTo New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards NERFINISHED
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