Task Force on National rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958

Co-chaired by Geoffroy Lyonnet (France) and David P. Roney (Canada)

In view of the 50th anniversary of the New York Convention in 2008, the Commission on Arbitration has created this task force.

The objectives of the task force are:

• to identify the countries to be covered by the work of the task force;
• to determine, for each country so identified, the national rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, with reference to articles III and  IV of the New York Convention;
• to compile all such national rules of procedure for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards on a country-by-country basis in one user-friendly document;
• to draft an introduction to and a summary of such compilation.

The Task Force is composed of over 150 registered members from 70 different countries.