It is wonderful that during this period of social distancing, webinars and other online programming bring members of our international dispute resolution community together to share knowledge and connect virtually. We encourage organisers of such...
18 April, 2020 Read more
breaking.through, an initiative founded and led by ArbitralWomen member Nadja Harraschain, has expanded its scope to Switzerland and launched a new webpage. Under the slogan “Hast Du Dein Vorbild schon gefunden?” (“Have you already found...
17 April, 2020 Read more
The Court of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru’s International Arbitration Centre, at the most recent meeting of its members, held virtually in March 2020, unanimously agreed to incorporate into its list of arbitrators...
5 April, 2020 Read more
There were several ground-breaking ‘firsts’ for the 2020 Vis East Moot. It was the first virtual moot competition – the Vis East Moot was rebranded as the Virtual Vis East and quickly referred to as...
3 April, 2020 Read more
ArbitralWomen member Svenja Wachtel has launched a quarterly ‘Digital Coffee Break – International Arbitration’ newsletter series focusing on the practice of international arbitration in the digital age. Each newsletter features an interview with a member...
31 March, 2020 Read more
The United Kingdom’s Department of International Trade (UK DIT) seeks to designate up to four individuals to the Panel of Arbitrators and up to four people to the Panel of Conciliators convened by the International...
20 March, 2020 Read more
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Careers in Arbitration, an initiative of ArbitralWomen Board Member Amanda Lee, launched its inaugural International Women’s Day campaign titled “24 Hours of Inspiration”. Careers in Arbitration is an electronic, web-based...
12 March, 2020 Read more
Global Arbitration Review has released its shortlists for the GAR Awards 2020, including the shortlist for the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge Award (Pledge Award). ArbitralWomen is honoured that the ArbitralWomen Diversity Toolkit™ – a bespoke training...
27 February, 2020 Read more
On February 18, 2020, ICSID published an updated list of the Members of the Panel of Conciliators and Panel of Arbitrators (“ICSID Panels”). Notably, this updated list contained the 60 designations made in 2019 by...
22 February, 2020 Read more
On February 3 through 7, 2020 the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Resolution) hosted its seventy-first session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The five-day session was attended by approximately 60 State members...
21 February, 2020 Read more
From 20 to 24 January 2020, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (‘Working Group’) held its thirty-eighth session in Vienna (Austria). As reported in previous AW report on the...
5 February, 2020 Read more
On 6 December 2019, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group V (Insolvency Law) hosted a Colloquium in Vienna on civil asset tracing and recovery. The one-day Colloquium brought together over...
5 February, 2020 Read more
Dr Katherine Simpson, international arbitrator and legal scholar, has called on the Parties to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada, the European Union and its member states (CETA), to remedy the serious under-representation...
28 January, 2020 Read more
The ArbitralWomen Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 17 January 2020. Members participated telephonically from around the world, and, in some cities gathered in person. ArbitralWomen is grateful to our Members at several...
18 January, 2020 Read more
The new Board of Directors of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre for the 2020-2022 term includes five female members out of a total of fifteen Board members. Four women have been elected to the Board...
14 January, 2020 Read more