Arbitration and human rights: approaches to excluding the annulment of arbitral awards and their compatibility with the ECHR

This book presents a creative synthesis of two ostensibly disparate fields of law - arbitration and human rights. More specifically, it focuses on various legislative approaches to excluding the annulment of arbitral awards (setting-aside proceedings) at the seat of arbitration and evaluates the compatibility of such approaches with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in particular the right to a fair trial under Article 6(1). The book first assesses the applicability and impact of the ECHR, in particular Article 6(1), on international commercial arbitration. It then analyses a number of legislative approaches to excluding setting-aside proceedings, focusing on two synergetic phenomena - exclusion agreements and the total lack of setting-aside proceedings in national arbitration law. Lastly, the book investigates to what extent the lack of setting-aside proceedings in national arbitration law may lead to a violation of arbitrating parties right to a fair trial under Article 6(1), and puts forward certain de lege ferenda recommendations on how to best approach the regulation of setting-aside proceedings in national arbitration law from the standpoint of compliance with the ECHR.

Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- The ECHR: In Brief Perspective -- Chapter 3 -- Arbitration and the ECHR -- Chapter 4 -- Setting-Aside Proceedings -- Overview, Genesis and Grounds for Annulment -- Chapter 5 -- Approaches to Excluding the Annulment of Arbitral Awards -- Exclusion Agreements -- Chapter 6 -- Approaches to Excluding the Annulment of Arbitral Awards -- Total Exclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Approaches to Excluding the Annulment of Arbitral Awards and Their Compatibility with the ECHR -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion.