Dispute Settlement: Arbitration, Mediation and Judgments

Private International Law Conventions to Which the United States Is a Party

• United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention) (1958) 
• OAS Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama Convention) (1975) 

Private International Law Conventions for Which U.S. Ratification/Accession Is Under Consideration

• Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (2005) 
• United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (2014) 

Other Private International Law Instruments

• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976) 
• UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules (1980) 
• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985) 
• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation (2002) 
• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (as revised in 2010) 
• Recommendations to assist arbitral institutions and other interested bodies with regard to arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (as revised in 2010) 
• UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (2016) 
• Technical Notes on Online Dispute Resolution (2016) 

Work in Progress

• Hague Conference on Private International Law – Judgments Project 
• UNCITRAL Working Group II – Preparation of a convention on mediated settlements that resolve international, commercial disputes 
• UNCITRAL Working Group III – Discussion of “reform” of investor-state dispute settlement