Task Force on National rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958

Co-chaired by Geoffroy Lyonnet (France) and David P. Roney (Canada)

In view of the 50th anniversary of the New York Convention in 2008, the Commission on Arbitration has created this task force.

The objectives of the task force are:

• to identify the countries to be covered by the work of the task force;
• to determine, for each country so identified, the national rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, with reference to articles III and  IV of the New York Convention;
• to compile all such national rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards on a country-by-country basis in one user-friendly document;
• to draft an introduction to and a summary of such compilation.

The Task Force is composed of over 150 registered members from 70 different countries.

Latest News

At the Commission meeting on 24 April 2008, Geoffroy Lyonnet, Co-Chair of the task force, explained the background of the work of the task force as well as the process of recruitment of all country rapporteurs who have been involved in the Task force.
David Roney, Co-Chair of the task force, explained that ICC and UNCITRAL will be cooperating by exchanging answers received in the context of the UNCITRAL/IBA and ICC Projects on the New York Convention.
Both Co-Chairs indicated that a draft document will be submitted to the Commission for approval in October 2008.