Multilateral conventions relating to arbitration -

Is your jurisdiction a contracting state to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards? Since when has the Convention been in force? Were any declarations or notifications made under articles I, X and XI of the Convention? What other multilateral conventions relating to international commercial and investment arbitration is your country a party to?

Though Hong Kong is not technically a contracting state to the New York Convention, the New York Convention has effect in Hong Kong. Before the 1997 handover of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to China, the New York Convention applied in Hong Kong. It continued to apply following the handover as China extended its application to Hong Kong, pursuant to the provisions of the Basic Law of Hong Kong. China originally acceded to the Convention in 1987 (subject to the reciprocity and commercial reservations).

Originally published in Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration 2019.