Composition of the ICC International Court of Arbitration

At the 189th session of the ICC World Council, which took place in Durban, South Africa, on 23 June 2005, two new members-Dr Hellwig Torggler and Ms Géraldine Gazo-were appointed to the ICC International Court of Arbitration, respectively for Austria and Monaco.1 The ICC Court currently comprises the following members, who hold office until 31 December 2005.

Chairman

Robert Briner (Switzerland)

Vice-Chairmen

Michel Aurillac (France)

Piero Bernardini (Italy)

Francis P. Donovan (Australia)

Ahmed S. El-Kosheri (Egypt)

Carlos Henrique de C. Fróes (Brazil)

Michael J. Mustill (United Kingdom)

Fali S. Nariman (India)

Carl F. Salans (United States)

Toshio Sawada (Japan)

Members and Alternate Members

Algeria

Mohammed Chemloul

Alternate: Mehdi Haroun

Argentina

Sergio Le Pera

Alternate: Ernesto O'Farrell

Australia

Karyl Nairn

Alternate: Michael Polkinghorne

Austria

Hellwig Torggler

Alternate: Christoph Liebscher

Bahrain

Husain Mohamed Al-Baharna

Alternate: Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa

Bangladesh

Rokanuddin Mahmud

Belgium

Pierre Gabriel

Brazil

Arnoldo Wald

Alternate: Carlos M. Mafra de Laet

Burkina Faso

Assane Souleymane Ouedraogo

Canada

Robert Knutson

Chile

Carlos E. Jorquiera M

China

Jingzhou Tao

Colombia

Fernando Mantilla-Serrano

Costa Rica

Luis A. Guillén Downing

Cuba

Olga Maria Miranda Bravo

Cyprus

Antis A. Triantafyllides

Czech Republic

Jana Doskova

Denmark

P. R. Meurs-Gerken

Ecuador

José Ramón Jiménez Carbo

Egypt

Yehia El Gamal

Alternate: Borham Atallah

El Salvador

Ernesto Lima Mena

Finland

Robert Mattson

France

Philippe Boivin

Alternate: Emmanuel Vuillard

Georgia

Giorgi Begiashvili

Germany

Michael Bühler

Alternate: Fabian von Schlabrendorff

Ghana

Kofi Kumado

Alternate: Akua Kunyehia

Greece

Anna Mantakou

Hungary

Iván Szász

Iceland

Baldvin Björn Haraldsson

India

Dharmasinh M. Popat

Alternate: S.K. Dholakia

Indonesia

Todung Mulya Lubis

Iran

Mohsen Mohebi

Alternate:Mohammad Hossein Tamaddon

Ireland

Michael W. Carrigan

Alternate: James Connolly

Israel

Michel A. Calvo

Alternate: Mayer Gabay

Italy

Gabriele Crespi Reghizzi

Alternate: Loretta Malintoppi

Japan

Hiroshi Oda

Jordan

Rajai K.W. Dajani

Korea

Jay Ki Lee

Kuwait

Youssef Mohamad Al-Ali

Lebanon

Ghaleb S. Mahmassani

Alternate: Roger Georges Assi

Lithuania

Laimonas Skibarka

Luxembourg

Paul Ehmann

Madagascar

Raymond Ranjeva

Malaysia

Chong Wah Wong

Mexico

Fernando Estavillo Castro

Monaco

Géraldine Gazo

Mongolia

Dashdorj Altantsetseg

Morocco

Driss Bouziane

Alternate: Abdelfattah Bensouda

Nepal

Gandhi Pandit

Netherlands

Sierk Bruna

New Zealand

Jason A. Fry

Alternate: Campbell McLachlan

Nigeria

H. Odein Ajumogobia

Alternate: Gabriel Adesiyan Olawoyin

Norway

Gunnar Nerdrum

Pakistan

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada

Alternate: Mahomed J. Jaffer

Panama

Tomas H. Herrera Diaz

Peru

José Barreda Zegarra

Philippines

Florentino P. Feliciano

Poland

Piotr Nowaczyk

Portugal

Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão

Qatar

Remy Rowhani

Romania

Adrian Severin

Russian Federation

Nina Grigorievna Vilkova

Saudia Arabia

Bandar Salman Al-Saud

Senegal

Babacar Diouf

Alternate: Rasseck Bourgi

Serbia & Montenegro

Gašo Kneževic

Singapore

Michael Hwang

Slovakia

Pavol Erben

Slovenia

Franc Testen

South Africa

Mervyn E. King

Spain

María Mercedes Tarrazón Rodón

Sri Lanka

Casipillai Chakradaran

Alternate: M.C.W. Pinto

Sweden

Claes Lundblad

Switzerland

Pierre A. Karrer

Alternate: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

Syria

Samer Nofal

Alternate: Nabil Antaki

Tanzania

Colman Mark Ngalo

Thailand

Chaiyasuta Siriporn

Alternate: Krairit Dej-Udom

Togo

Wle-Mbanewar Bataka

Tunisia

Samir El Annabi

Turkey

Tugrul Ansay

Ukraine

Vasyl Marmazov

United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Abdulla Al Roken

United Kingdom

Alan Redfern

Alternate: David Sellers

United States of America

Axel H. Baum

Alternates: Robert H. Smit

Christopher R. Seppälä

Uruguay

Paul Fabien Arrighi Bustamante

Venezuela

James Otis Rodner

Secretariat appointment

Erica Stein has been appointed Counsel in charge of one of the Secretariat's seven case-management teams, replacing Jennifer Kirby, now Deputy Secretary General.

Ms Stein is a United States citizen. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in international relations from Brown University in the State of Rhode Island, USA, and a certificate in political science from the Institut d'études politiques (Sciences-Po) in Paris, Ms Stein graduated in law from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, where she concentrated on private international law and international arbitration. She has also studied German law at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Ms Stein's professional experience prior to joining ICC spanned law firms and courts in the United States, Argentina and Germany. Ms Stein is a member of the New York Bar and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

1
The appointment of the Court's members is made pursuant to Article 3 of its statutes, which form Appendix I to the ICC Rules of Arbitration. According to Article 3(3), members are appointed by the ICC World Council on the proposal of ICC national committees, one member for each committee. According to Article 3(4), the ICC World Council may appoint alternate members on the proposal of the Chairman of the ICC Court.