19 May 2021: The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce has announced that it has been granted the status of Permanent Arbitration Institution by the Council for the Development of the Arbitration Process of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. As a Permanent Arbitral Institution, the ICC International Court of Arbitration will administer Russian-seated international arbitrations, enabling parties to seek enforcement of ICC arbitral awards in Russia without risk of the enforcement being recognised only as an ad hoc

19 May 2021 On 19 May 2016, ICC signed an Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge, calling for enhanced diversity in international arbitration. Celebrating the anniversary of the signing five years on, ICC’s efforts to improve the representation of women in arbitration goes from strength to strength. Here are three ways we’ve been turning our pledge into action. Achieving gender parity of the ICC Court In 2018, ICC marked a milestone when the ICC Court achieved full gender parity for the first time in its almost

18 May 2021 ICC has published a series of new tools to enable small businesses, transporters, and banks to support an inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, small businesses, transporters and banks have been forced to grapple with uncertain economic conditions, costly trade barriers and new workplace restrictions. As business leaders and policymakers prepare for the recovery, ICC has released a new set of resources to bring clarity and certainty to companies everywhere. Guiding entrepreneurs through hurdles

17 May 2021: BLOG Institutional vs ad hoc arbitration The second session of the ''Monday Arbitration Day'' Campaign will focus on features of ad hoc and institutional arbitration. For this later, ICC Arbitration will be the reference arbitral institution. This week, our guest is Dr. Ledina Mandija, Lector of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tirana and Attorney at Law. Dr. Mandija in a short article will explain ad hoc and institutional arbitration, in terms of organization and functioning. Click to read the

10 May 2021: BLOG  "Monday Arbitration Day" Campaign & Why to chose arbitration? ICC Albania kicks off the ''Monday Arbitration Day'' Campaign. The main purpose of this campaign is to raise awareness and promote arbitration in Albania as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to resolve commercial and investment disputes.  This campaign will take place for seven consecutive Mondays, from May, 10th  2021 until June, 21st, 2021. Albanian practioners in Albania and abroad have joined us in this campaign and will share during these seven weeks

7 May 2021 ICC and Business at the OECD (BIAC) have issued a joint statement to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on high-level principles for trusted government access to personal data. ICC and BIAC have joined forces to deliver a statement – supported by over 20 business associations globally – to the OECD as it embarks on developing high-level principles and guidance on government access to private-sector held personal data. The joint business statement features private sector insights on economic consequences associated with