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Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law (MPEIL)
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Alternative names: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) ; Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro)

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Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

The PCA was established by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, concluded at The Hague in 1899 during the first Hague Peace Conference.

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Pacific settlement of international disputes

Arbitration, International

Peace; Arbitration

Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations starts with Article 33

The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice.
The Security Council shall, when it deems necessary, call upon the parties to settle their dispute by such means.

Terminology

arbitration - the resolution of a dispute by the application of legal principles, by a third party. This process can be brought into existence by the mutual agreement and consent of both parties to do so, over the person of the arbitrator, and on the commitment to be bound by the arbitrator's findings. Arbitration is often the mechanism specified in treaties between the parties.

"inter-state arbitration" - where both parties to a dispute are States

"mixed arbitration" - where one party is a State the other a legal person either a corporation or an individua

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Case Database
Official website. Note "The PCA only identifies the parties and publishes awards or other information in proceedings under PCA auspices where the parties have so agreed. No information beyond what is set forth on this website will be provided by the PCA."
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"The PCA is currently [2025] acting as registry in 7 inter-state arbitrations, 1 other inter-state proceeding, 95 arbitrations arising under bilateral or multilateral investment treaties or national investment laws, 109 arbitrations arising under contracts involving a State or other public entity, and 4 other proceedings. A list of cases in which the PCA has been authorized to release public information is included below."
The Hague court reports (Scott)
2 vols 1916-32; Remote access requires Oxford SSO.
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"comprising the awards, accompanied by syllabi, the agreements for arbitration, and other documents in each case submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration and to commissions of inquiry under the provisions of the Conventions of 1899 and 1907, for the pacific settlement of international disputes"
Reports of International Arbitral Awards (RIAA)
Open access. Made available on official UN. Individual reports available as pdf. "It was decided to limit the collection strictly to international decisions, i.e. those rendered between States. Awards between a private individual or body and a State have been omitted. It was subsequently decided to also include in the collection of international decisions those rendered between States and international organizations."

The Permanent Court of Arbitration : international arbitration and dispute resolution : summaries of awards, settlements agreements and reports by ed Hamilton et al
Call Number: Internat 730 H220a
ISBN: 9041112332
Publication Date: (1999)

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) -Resources
Open access library on official PCA website. Includes Conventions
Rules of Procedure
Model Clauses and Submission Agreements
UNCITRAL Rules and Model Clause
Other PCA Rules and Procedures

A Guide to the PCA Arbitration Rules (2012) by Brooks Daly; Evgeniya Goriatcheva; Hugh Meighen
Call Number: Internat 730 D153.3a
ISBN: 9780199680689
Publication Date: 2014

Texts specifically about the PCA & its work are shelved at Internat 730, on Level 3 of the Law Library. One floor above the level at which you enter the law library.

But researchers may find it worthwhile to other sections between Internat 710 and 760 which have as common theme International disputes and arbitration.

The International Arbitration of Territorial Disputes by Asaf Siniver
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 0198870205
Publication Date: 2024
International Alternative Dispute Resolution: past, present, and future : the Permanent Court of Arbitration centennial papers by International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Staff (Editor)
Call Number: Internat 730 P452j
ISBN: 9041114769
Publication Date: 2000
International Arbitration and the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Manuel Indlekofer
Call Number: Internat 730 I39.5a
ISBN: 9041147667
Publication Date: 2013

The current collection of print materials relating to the PCA can be found on Level 3 of the Law Library. One floor above the level at which you entrer the library.

Decisions of the PCA are shelved at Internat 130.

Texts specifically about the PCA & its work are at Internat 730. But students may find it worthwhile to other sections between Internat 710 and 760 which have as common theme International disputes and arbitration.

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