On 1 January 2006, the newly appointed members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration took office for a three-year term that will run until 31 December 2008.
The Court now has a membership of 122, comprising a Chairman, nine Vice-Chairmen, eighty-six members and twenty-five alternate members. The Vice-Chairmen, members and alternate members were appointed by the ICC World Council at its meeting in Paris on 2 December 2005.
Eighty-six countries are represented within the Court. They cover all regions of the world and include for the first time the Dominican Republic and Guatemala. The Court’s wide geographical representation is reflected in its Vice-Chairmen, who come from Australia, Austria, Egypt, France, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The truly international composition of the Court is matched by its members’ breadth of experience in law and business, acquired from their practice as attorneys, professors or members of the judiciary in their respective countries.
The ICC Court meets weekly throughout the year. At these sessions, which take place in Paris, the Court monitors the cases submitted to ICC arbitration and carries out its administrative functions. These include appointing and confirming arbitrators, deciding on challenges of arbitrators, fixing arbitration costs and scrutinizing draft awards submitted by arbitral tribunals.
For a full list of Court members click here.