Arbitral Legislation and Soft Law

International conventions and model rules

• • UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (2016)
  • UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (with new Article 1, Paragraph 4, adopted in 2013)
  • UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985, with amendments adopted in 2006)
  • United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980)
  • Inter-American Convention on international commercial arbitration (1975)
  • Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (1965) 
  • European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration of Geneva (1961)
  • New York Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958)

Guidelines and best practices

• • Code of Best Practices in Arbitration of the Spanish Arbitration Club (2019)
  • UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (2016)
  • IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (2014)
  • IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration (2013)
  • IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010, updated in 2020)