All Africa Desk databases are now operational -- consult our list of arbitral institutes and institute training, panel of Africa-active academics and list of university courses on arbitration under the Africa Desk tab of this website (http://www.arbitration-icca.org/YoungICCA/

Reporting from the 56th session of UNCITRAL Working Group II on arbitration in New York, Young ICCA Buddy David Kavanagh (of King & Spalding, New York) reports on the work of UNCITRAL, the decision-making process and the role of the delegates. His atmospheric re

The inaugural Young ICCA Peace Palace Lunchtime Seminar kicked off on 20 January 2012 with an impassioned plea from Klaus Reichert SC for a debate on the appropriate standard of proof in making allegations of fraud and criminal conduct in investor-State arbitration. Speak

ICCA's 50th anniversary conference in Geneva also saw the launch of ICCA’s Guide to the Interpretation of the 1958 New York Convention. The Guide is a clear, concise yet inclusive handbook, written in plain language, on the essential aspects of the scope, interpret

Young ICCA successfully co-hosted a second skills training workshop in Prague on 24 October 2011 with the Co-Chairs' Circle on the topic of "Witness Statements and Document Disclosure in International Arbitration". Young ICCA members from Europe, Africa, Asia an

The session ended with an interview with Prof. Martin Hunter, who shared both his views on memorial-writing from the perspective of the arbitrator and some personal recollections on how he became an arbitration practitioner. Thanks to all participants, to our faculty and to

Young ICCA co-chairs Eduardo Damiao Gonzalves, Marike Paulsson and Lise Bosman met in Geneva in May 2011 to reflect on Young ICCA's achievements of the last year  -- including the launch of the Mentoring Programme, co-hosting of events in Mauritius, Seoul and Genev

Rio de Janeiro saw the launch on 26 May 2010 of Young ICCA, the new grouping aimed at young practitioners world-wide and operating under the auspices of ICCA. With the launch of the Young ICCA website, the door was opened for the development of a broad-based addition to the circl