About ICCA - The International Council for Commercial Arbitration
The International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), founded in 1961, is the leading world-wide organization devoted to promoting international arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution.
In order to achieve its objectives, ICCA regularly convenes Congresses and Conferences for presentation of papers and discussion of topics concerning both the theoretical and practical aspects of international dispute resolution. These meetings attract a large number of participants from all parts of the world and have made significant contributions to the development and improvement of dispute resolution theory and practice.
ICCA's principal publications, prepared with the assistance of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, in the Netherlands, include the Yearbook on Commercial Arbitration, International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration and ICCA Congress Series, consisting of the collected papers presented at ICCA meetings.
ICCA has official status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) accredited by the United Nations, and in that capacity has actively participated in the preparation of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation and other UNCITRAL projects.
ICCA is governed by Council Members, who are recognized specialists in the field of dispute resolution and who serve in their individual capacities ICCA's Statement of Purposes and Procedures provides that the Members 'shall be elected from various parts of the world, from different legal and economic systems, and from developed and developing nations'. Persons who have served as Members for long periods are eligible to be designated life time Advisory Members. There are at present 42 members and 12 advisory members coming from 31 countries.
