Mediation

ICC announces newly named Commission on Arbitration and ADR

  • 29 July 2013
ICC Court

The ICC Executive Board has approved a name change for the ICC Commission on Arbitration. The commission’s new name is the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. The change aims to better reflect the broad scope of the commission’s activities, which primarily encompass international arbitration but also all other dispute resolution services offered by ICC.

The commission is responsible for drafting and revising rules and clausesclose
The commission is responsible for drafting and revising rules and clausesclose

The ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR is ICC’s rule-making and research body in the field of international dispute resolution. The global forum comprises more than 690 members from over 90 countries and includes lawyers, in-house counsel, arbitrators, mediators, law professors and experts in various dispute resolution fields. 

Peter Wolrich, Managing Partner, Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, France and Chairman of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR said: “The new name is designed to make it clear that while the commission deals primarily with arbitration, it also deals with mediation, expertise, dispute boards and other dispute resolution services.”

The commission addresses how new practices, policies and legislative developments affect international arbitration and other dispute resolution services. Recent projects include a report on the role of parties and their in-house counsel in international arbitration and a task force on Decisions as to Costs. The commission is also responsible for drafting and revising ICC’s dispute resolution rules and clauses. The commission successfully completed its work on the revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration in 2011. The commission has also recently approved new ICC Mediation Rules, which will replace the ICC ADR Rules and will enter into force on 1 January 2014. It is also currently revising the ICC Expertise and Dispute Board Rules.

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For more information on ICC’s dispute resolutions services visit the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the ICC International Centre for ADR

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