The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based at The Hague, was established by treaty in 1899. The PCA handles disputes involving states, intergovernmental organizations, and private parties. Parties must agree to publicly release case material for their matter, so researchers will find documents pertaining to some, but not all, arbitrations administered by the PCA on its site.
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- CasesBrowse cases or search across case summaries. A full-text document search feature is provided, as well as Advanced Search form providing options to search particular document fields (ex. claimant name, respondent name, case number, etc.).
- Documents and ResourcesIncludes the PCA's own rules as well as other frameworks that parties may utilize (ex. UNCITRAL, ICSID), treaties that reference the PCA, and PCA publications.
ITALAW
- italawFree resource offering investment arbitration coverage from faculty at the University of Victoria, includes coverage of PCA cases dealing with investment law.
WorldLII
UNCTAD's Investment Policy Hub
Select the Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator > Institutions > limit to Administering institution: PCA.
PCA Additional Materials
PCA Research Guides
Commercial Resources
- Kluwer Arbitration This link opens in a new windowUnder Awards, select PCA as jurisdiction.
Access requires individual credentials. Sign up for this (and other Wolters Kluwer products, such as Cheetah) using your Vanderbilt email address. - Investment Claims This link opens in a new window
Materials and analysis in international investment law and arbitration. Arbitration awards and decisions, bilateral investment treaties, multilateral treaties, journal articles, monographs, and arbitration laws.
- Oxford Reports on International Law (Jurisdiction: Permanent Court of Arbitration [PCA])Log in to Oxford Reports on International Law first, then click through the link above.
- Permanent Court of Arbitration Materials in WestlawSelected coverage for PCA-AWARDS begins in 1999, includes awards as published in ASIL's publication International Legal Materials.
- International Legal Materials (Lexis)This ASIL publication includes unofficial versions of PCA material.
- International Legal Materials (HeinOnline)(From on campus, you may just click through the link. Off campus, you will need to log into HeinOnline with your VUnet ID.) Citations only are provided for the most recent 2 years.
