Directory of arbitration institutions

• ICSID, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ¹

  Based in

  Seat at the principal office of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ¹

  Case types

  Investment disputes between a Contracting State and a national of another Contracting State, conciliation and arbitration ^1,2

  Rules in force

  2022 Regulations and Rules, in effect from 1 July 2022 ³

  Case information and statistics

  Awards published only with party consent under the Convention ¹. Caseload statistics issue 2026-2, data to 30 June 2026 ⁴

  Source

  ICSID Convention, ICSID releases ^1,4

• PCA, Permanent Court of Arbitration ⁵

  Based in

  Peace Palace, The Hague ⁵

  Case types

  Cases with States, State entities, international organisations and private parties, including investor-state and UNCLOS Annex VII cases ⁶

  Rules in force

  Administers cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules ⁶

  Case information and statistics

  2025 Annual Report notice of 22 June 2026: 251 cases administered in 2025 ⁷

  Source

  PCA pages ^5,7

• ICC International Court of Arbitration ⁸

  Based in

  Court decisions deemed made in Paris under the 2021 Rules ⁸

  Case types

  Commercial arbitration, with emergency arbitrator and expedited procedures ⁸

  Rules in force

  ICC Rules of Arbitration 2026, for arbitrations commenced on or after 1 June 2026, replacing the 2021 Rules ^34,9

  Case information and statistics

  Rules page links to publication of ICC awards with Jus Mundi ⁸

  Source

  ICC pages ^{8,9 34}

• SCC Arbitration Institute ¹⁰

  Based in

  Independent part of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, founded 1917 ¹⁰

  Case types

  Commercial disputes and an investment disputes service ¹⁰

  Rules in force

  SCC Arbitration Rules and SCC Expedited Arbitration Rules ¹¹

  Case information and statistics

  Statistics 2025: 213 new cases, Stockholm the seat in 72% ¹¹

  Source

  SCC pages ^10,11

• CAS, Court of Arbitration for Sport ¹²

  Based in

  Seat in Lausanne, Switzerland, under Code Rule R28 ¹²

  Case types

  Sports disputes: appeal and ordinary arbitration, mediation, the Anti-Doping Division and ad hoc divisions ³⁵

  Rules in force

  Code of Sports-related Arbitration, 2025 edition, in force from 1 July 2025 ¹²

  Case information and statistics

  1,001 procedures registered in calendar year 2025, per the ICAS 2025 Annual Report ³⁵

  Source

  CAS Code page, ICAS annual report ^12,35

• AAA-ICDR, American Arbitration Association and its International Centre for Dispute Resolution ¹³

  Case types

  Commercial, consumer, employment and labour disputes, with the ICDR as the global division ¹³

  Rules in force

  ICDR International Dispute Resolution Procedures, amended and effective 1 March 2021 ¹⁴

  Case information and statistics

  Publishes an annual President's Letter and Financial Statements ¹³

  Source

  AAA and ICDR pages ^13,14

• CIETAC, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission ¹⁵

  Based in

  Established 1956, with a Hainan centre relocated from 23 January 2026 ¹⁵

  Case types

  Commercial arbitration, mediation, investment arbitration and domain names ¹⁵

  Case information and statistics

  Statistics section on its website ¹⁵

  Source

  CIETAC page ¹⁵

• HKIAC, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre ¹⁶

  Based in

  Hong Kong, with offices in Beijing, Seoul and Shanghai, founded 1985 ¹⁶

  Case types

  Arbitration, mediation, adjudication and domain names, and default appointing authority for ad hoc arbitrations in Hong Kong ¹⁶

  Case information and statistics

  Over 13,000 cases with parties from over 100 jurisdictions over 40 years, per its undated About page ¹⁶

  Source

  HKIAC page ¹⁶

• VIAC, Vienna International Arbitral Centre ¹⁷

  Based in

  Vienna, since 1975 ¹⁷

  Case types

  Arbitration, mediation and investment disputes ¹⁷

  Rules in force

  New version of the VIAC Rules in force from 1 January 2025 ¹⁷

  Source

  VIAC page ¹⁷

• Swiss Arbitration Centre ¹⁸

  Based in

  Switzerland, administering cases since 1866 ¹⁸

  Case types

  Arbitration and mediation ¹⁸

  Rules in force

  Swiss Rules 2021 ¹⁸

  Source

  Swiss Arbitration Centre page ¹⁸

• DIAC, Dubai International Arbitration Centre ¹⁹

  Based in

  Dubai, with a branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre ¹⁹

  Case types

  Arbitration ¹⁹

  Case information and statistics

  340 cases registered in 2022 ¹⁹

  Source

  DIAC page ¹⁹

• arbitrateAD, Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre ²⁰

  Based in

  Abu Dhabi ²⁰

  Case types

  Commercial and government entities, arbitration and mediation ²⁰

  Case information and statistics

  Biennial Report for 2024 to 2026 announced ²⁰

  Source

  arbitrateAD page ²⁰

• MCIA, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration ²¹

  Based in

  Mumbai, with offices in Gurugram and Bengaluru ²¹

  Case types

  Arbitration ²¹

  Rules in force

  MCIA Arbitration Rules 2025 ²¹

  Case information and statistics

  Annual report linked from its website ²¹

  Source

  MCIA page ²¹

• AIAC, Asian International Arbitration Centre ²²

  Based in

  Kuala Lumpur, established 1978 under the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation ²²

  Case types

  Domestic and international dispute resolution ²²

  Rules in force

  AIAC Arbitration Rules 2023 linked, and an AIAC Suite of Rules 2026 listed in its menu ²²

  Source

  AIAC page ²²

• JCAA, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association ²³

  Case types

  Commercial arbitration and mediation ²³

  Rules in force

  Amended JCAA Arbitration Rules effective 1 July 2021 ²³

  Source

  JCAA news page ²³

• ACICA, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration ²⁴

  Case types

  International dispute resolution, and sole default appointing authority under the International Arbitration Act 1974 ²⁴

  Rules in force

  ACICA Rules 2021, with consultation on a next edition ²⁴

  Source

  ACICA page ²⁴

• CRCICA, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration ²⁵

  Based in

  Zamalek, Cairo ²⁵

  Case types

  Arbitration and ADR ²⁵

  Rules in force

  2024 Arbitration Rules ²⁵

  Case information and statistics

  Case statistics and annual caseload reports linked ²⁵

  Source

  CRCICA page ²⁵

• NCIA, Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration ²⁶

  Based in

  Nairobi ²⁶

  Case types

  International commercial arbitration and mediation ²⁶

  Rules in force

  NCIA Arbitration Rules revised in June 2023 ²⁶

  Source

  NCIA page ²⁶

• AFSA, Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa ²⁷

  Based in

  Sandton, Johannesburg, with branches in Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban and the Garden Route ²⁷

  Case types

  Domestic and international arbitration and mediation since 1996 ²⁷

  Rules in force

  Domestic Arbitration Rules and International Arbitration Rules ²⁷

  Source

  AFSA page ²⁷

• CAM-CCBC, Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada ²⁸

  Case types

  Arbitration, expedited arbitration, mediation and dispute boards, domestic and international ²⁸

  Source

  CAM-CCBC page ²⁸

• NAI, Netherlands Arbitration Institute ²⁹

  Based in

  Rotterdam, foundation established 1949 ²⁹

  Case types

  Arbitration, binding advice and mediation ²⁹

  Source

  NAI page ²⁹

• CEPANI, Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation ³⁰

  Case types

  Arbitration and mediation, founded 1969 ³⁰

  Source

  CEPANI page ³⁰

• WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center ³¹

  Case types

  Intellectual property, innovation and technology disputes ³¹

  Rules in force

  Mediation, arbitration, expedited arbitration, expert determination and good offices ³¹

  Case information and statistics

  Involved in over 3,700 disputes, per its caseload summary, which gives no as-of date ³¹

  Source

  WIPO page ³¹

• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (rules, not an institution) ³²

  Case types

  Ad hoc and administered arbitrations ³²

  Rules in force

  Versions of 1976, 2010, 2013 and 2021 ³²

  Case information and statistics

  Treaty cases under the Rules on Transparency use the UN Transparency Registry ³³

  Source

  UNCITRAL pages ^32,33

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