Arbitration procedure in respect of international relations of private law

Recommendation 156 (1958)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

This Recommendation was adopted by the Assembly at its 35th Sitting, on 17th January 1958 (sec Doc. 769, Report of the Legal Committee).

The Assembly,

Considering that the Committee of Ministers, in its Special Message of 20th May 1954, announced its intention of studying ways and means of unifying and harmonising the legislation of Member States, declaring that it would welcome the Assembly's proposals in this matter (Doc. 238, paragraph 87) ;

Recalling that, in reply to that Special Message, the Assembly stated in paragraphs 32 and 33 of its Opinion No. 12 of 24th September 1954 that arbitration procedure in respect of international relations of private law was of sufficient interest for a study to be undertaken at once, with a view to determining whether the laws of the Members of the Members of the Council could be unfied ;

Having carried out a detailed examination of the question in the light of the "Draft-Uniform Law on Arbitration in respect of International Relations of Private Law", prepared by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law ;