The Permanent Court of Arbitration is a supporting organization of the 10th Anniversary Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) Conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia on 26-28 March 2014, hosted by the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA).
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On August 23, 2013, H.E. Héctor Horacio Salvador, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, accompanied by the Minister Luis Pablo María Beltramino, visited the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) to deliver a document confirming that all the internal legal and administrative requirements necessary for the entry into force of the Host Country Agreement (HCA) between the Government of the Argentine Republic and the PCA, signed on May 12, 2009, have been fulfilled. Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of its Article 15, the HCA shall enter into force on September 21, 2013.
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The governments that are party to The Hague Agreement of January 12, 1930 have reappointed the members of the Arbitral Tribunal of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) for a five-year period.
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Procedural Timetable and Rules of Procedure established in the ARA Libertad Arbitration (Argentina v Ghana) following a First Procedural Meeting in The Hague
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is a supporting organization of the Singapore International Arbitration Forum 2013, to be held on December 2, 2013 at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. The theme of SIAF 2013 is “Adventures with Blank Sheets of Paper”, comprised of a day of “blue sky” experimental thinking on the structure and practice of international arbitration.
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The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has concluded a one-week hearing in an arbitration between a foreign investor and an Asian State at the premises of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). The hearing marks the first occasion for the PCA to invoke a 2010 cooperation agreement with the HKIAC.
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On 5 July 2013, a Review Panel established under the Convention for the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (entry into force on 24 August 2012) ("Convention") issued its Findings and Recommendations on the Russian Federation’s objection to the Conservation and Management Measure for Trachurus murphyi (Chilean jack mackerel) for 2013 adopted by the Commission established under the Convention.
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On July 2, 2013, at its 187th Meeting, the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration approved the appointment of L. Yves Fortier, CC OQ QC, to the Board of Trustees of the PCA’s Financial Assistance Fund for Settlement of International Disputes for a renewable term of four years.
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In mid-May 2013, the Secretary-General traveled to St. Petersburg on the occasion of the Dutch–Russian Bilateral Year 2013 as part of a delegation representing the international courts and tribunals headquartered in The Hague.
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