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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Official website of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction). The site presents the full text of the Convention, together with supporting information and related international agreements. Additional documents include reports, news and facts and figures. The entire series of Chemical Disarmament Quarterly is also available.

Legislation On-Line

A collection Isle of Man legislation prepared by the Isle of Man Attorney General's Chambers. Includes acts in force, repealed acts and orders in council in force. Also provides recent secondary legislation (2000 onwards) as originally made. The website is under development and a disclaimer warns that there may be errors in the legislative texts. The instruments can be browsed chronologically or alphabetically; there are also basic and advanced search facilities. The Isle of Man is a self-governing dependency of the British Crown and is not part of the United Kingdom.

Court of Arbitration for Sport

Website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [also known as Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS)], an independent institution originally established by the International Olympic Committee. The Court hears cases on sports law topics such as nationality, adjudication, sponsorship, and doping. The website provides all non-confidential decisions of the Court, together with the CAS code and statutes. Information is available on the mission and structure of CAS, arbitration and related matters. The site is available in English and French.

Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

Website of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), an independent organisation originally established in 1950 by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The site gives an overview of the work of the JCAA, defining its main purpose as the resolution of international and domestic commercial disputes. The site provides access to Japanese full text arbitration laws in English along with rules, regulations and the standard arbitration clause developed by JCAA.

Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Website of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC Institute), an organisation established in 1917 to provide a neutral centre for the resolution of international trade disputes. The site offers an overview of the Institute's work and full details of its arbitration procedure, model clauses and rules, including rules for expedited arbitrations, insurance arbitration rules, rules of the Mediation Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and SCC procedures and services under the UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

Singapore International Arbitration Centre

Website of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), a non-profit organisation established in 1991. Gives an overview of SIAC's services, procedures and charges. It also provides profiles of selected SIAC cases, statistics, SIAC's arbitration rules and model arbitration clauses. There is also a guide to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, together with various IBA arbitration guides. The Singapore Arbitrator newsletter is available free, from September 2004 onwards, and there is an online bookshop.

Cepani

Website of Cepani, the Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation, originally founded by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Belgian Companies. The site provides organisational information relating to the Center along with details of activities and study groups. There are sections covering Cepani's work in arbitration, mediation and domain name disputes including procedural information, Cepani's rules and relevant sections of the Belgian Judicial Code. Decisions of domain name disputes Cepani has been involved with can be downloaded from the site.

UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings

Guidance notes on organising arbitral proceedings produced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and published on its website. UNCITRAL is a core legal body of the UN in the field of international trade law, working towards the progressive harmonisation of the law of international trade. These non-binding guidance notes were drafted in consultation with experts from various legal systems, national arbitration bodies and international professional associations and finalised at the twenty-ninth session of UNCITRAL (New York, 28 May - 14 June 1996).

Manx Church Legislation

A collection of statutory materials, articles, and commentaries concerned with the ecclesiastical law of the Isle of Man. Acts and regulations of Tynwald carried by the site include: Church Legislation Procedure Act 1993, Church Representation Rules as they have effect in the Isle of Man, and the Marriage Act 1984. Further documents on the site cover issues such as: the ordination of women priests, tenure of church wardens and maintenance of church records. The documents are listed in a table with a note on content and link to full-text.

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