The Compendium of Latin American Arbitration Law - 2009
Summer 2009 International Disputes Quarterly
Jonathan C. Hamilton
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The "Compendium of Latin American Arbitration Law" has been developed and updated by partner Jonathan C. Hamilton and members of the Firm's International Arbitration Group over the course of almost a decade. With respect to commercial arbitration, the Compendium tracks the enactment of the 1958 United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the "New York Convention") and the 1975 Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (the "Panama Convention") throughout Latin America. The Compendium also notes the year in which each State adopted and/or amended its domestic arbitration law, as discussed in the cases of the Dominican Republic and Peru in this issue. With respect to investment arbitration, the Compendium tracks the enactment of the 1965 Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (the "ICSID Convention"). The Compendium also notes the number of bilateral investment treaties ("BITs") and free trade agreements ("FTAs") currently in force in each jurisdiction. Most recently, the Compendium also reflects the decision by some States in the region to withdraw from ICSID or denounce previously negotiated BITs, as discussed in the case of Ecuador in this issue.
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*Ecuador's Official Register No. 452 of October 23, 2008 published Ecuador's denunciation letters of 8 BITs.
**In accordance with Article 71 of the ICSID Convention the denunciation became effective six months after the receipt of Bolivia's notice, i.e., on November 3, 2007
UPDATED AS OF March 1, 2009. © 2000 - 2009, JONATHAN C. HAMILTON/WHITE & CASE LLP. THIS DOCUMENT IS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES AND MAY ONLY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSLATED WITH CREDIT.
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