Preliminary Draft Convention on the International Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Awards

After 50 years of its existence (1958-2008), the New York Convention may be in need of modernization.  To this end, a Preliminary Draft Convention on the International Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Awards was prepared by Albert Jan van den Berg, in which provisions of the current Convention were (a) completed, (b) revised, (c) clarified, (d) updated, and (e) aligned with prevailing judicial interpretation:

• Full text of the draft convention
• Comparison of the draft convention with the New York Convention
• Explanatory Note
• Powerpoint presentation "A New York Convention for the Next Fifty Years", Albert Jan van den Berg October 31, 2009 [as PDF]