ICC Bulletin

We conclude this year with a dense and diverse Commentary section with three different pieces on various topics. The first commentary addresses the fundamental issue of a uniform or transnational rule regarding arbitrators’ immunity. The author proposes specific language for a uniform rule after a synopsis purview of the existing norms in legislation and arbitration rules. The second commentary provides an up-to-date analysis of the recurring issue of non-signatory parties and how different jurisdictions take different approaches regarding the enforcement of awards. Finally, the third piece gives an overview of the ICC experience regarding jurisdictional decisions in construction arbitration.

This section is followed by the ICC Activities section reporting on three different events. The first report describes the ICC Institute Training for Tribunal Secretaries, an important event that discussed what is expected from the secretaries, as well as statistics and participants’ views on the role of secretaries during the different stages of the arbitration. The second subsection is comprised of the reports of six of the events held during the first Paris Arbitration Week in April 2017, ranging from subjects as diverse as third-party funding, the New York Convention, and Brexit. Third, echoing The Honorable Michael Kirby AC CMG in our last issue, we report on the ICC side event at the COP23 on arbitration and climate change.

Finally, our last section on Book Reviews includes two reviews: a review of an ICC publication edited by Wendy Miles on Climate change and Arbitration, linked therefore to the Activities report aforementioned, and a review of the second edition of a best-seller treatise on international investment arbitration authored by McLachlan, Shore and Weiniger.

We believe that the diversity of the subject matters illustrates our willingness to propose the broadest spectrum of arbitration related issues in the ICC Bulletin. As always, we are extremely grateful to our contributors for the efforts displayed in the preparation of their submissions as well as for the relentless work of our Editorial Board members during this first year of their mandate to revamp the ICC Bulletin.

A final word to thank all the of the readers for the numerous positive and encouraging feedbacks we have received during this year. This is a further support to continue on the path to promote and develop further the Bulletin in the years to come.

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