Topic: Tribunal appointments
Somali judge-arbitrator takes presidency of ICJ
Somali judge and arbitrator Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf – who has been a strong spokesman for the “Africanisation” of arbitration – has been elected president of the International Court of Justice, with Xue Hanqin of China as vice-president.
07 February 2018
Vienna centre starts publishing arbitrator names
The Vienna International Arbitration Centre has become the latest institution to start publishing the names of arbitrators hearing its cases - following the example of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Milan Arbitration Chamber.
08 September 2017
Crimea waters case gets under way in The Hague
A politically-sensitive arbitration between Ukraine and Russia over potentially oil-rich waters adjacent to Crimea is under way in The Hague, heard by a five-member tribunal chaired by South Korean judge Jin-Hyuin Paik that was constituted in accordance with the 1982 UN Convention of the Law of the Sea.
22 May 2017
First woman arbitrator appointed in Saudi Arabia
The arbitration community is reacting positively to news that a woman – Shaima Aljubran – has been appointed for the first time as an arbitrator in a commercial case in Saudi Arabia.
30 August 2016
