Dominican Republic
Latin Arbitration Law Country Profile
Arbitration Law
- New arbitration law enacted on December 19, 2008 and in force since December 30 2008 [1]
International Conventions
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Signed |
Entered into force |
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N/A |
10 Jul. 2002 |
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18 Apr. 1977 |
Not in force |
|
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8 May. 1979 |
Not in force |
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20 Mar. 2000 |
Not in force |
Investment Protection Treaties
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Bilateral Investment Treaties [2] [3] |
Signed |
Entered into force |
Dispute Resolution Fora |
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Argentina (Sp.) |
16 Mar. 2001 |
Not in force |
Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL |
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Chile (Sp.) |
28 Nov. 2000 |
8 May 2002 [4] |
Local courts UNCITRAL Ad hoc arbitration ICSID |
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Cuba |
15 Nov. 1999 |
Not in force |
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Ecuador (Sp.) |
26 Jun. 1998 |
21 Jun. 1999 [5]/4 Nov. 2006 [6] Denounced: 1 Feb. 2008 In force until: 2013 |
ICSID |
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Finland |
27 Nov. 2001 |
21 April 2007 [7] |
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14 Jan. 1999 |
30 Oct. 2002 |
UNCITRAL ICSID |
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Haiti |
8 Oct. 1999 |
Not in force |
|
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Italy |
12 June 2006 |
18 Jul. 2007 |
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Morocco (Eng.) |
23 May 2002 |
4 Jan 2007 |
Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL |
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Netherlands (Eng.) |
30 Mar. 2006 |
29 Aug. 2007 |
Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules ICC |
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Panama (Sp.) |
6 Feb. 2003 |
Sept 17-2006 [8]/Sept. 18 2006 [9]
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Local courts UNCITRAL ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules Ad hoc arbitration |
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16 Mar. 1995 [10] |
7 Oct. 1996 [11] |
UNCITRAL | |
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Switzerland |
27 Jan. 2004 |
30 May 2006 [12]/12 Mar. 2006 [13] |
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South Korea |
30 June 2006 |
21 May. 2008 |
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Taiwan Province of China |
5 Nov. 1999 |
27 Nov. 2001 |
|
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United Kingdom |
11 Jul. 2002 |
Not in force |
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Total |
16 |
11/12 [14] |
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Free Trade Associations[15] |
Signed |
Entered into force
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CARICOM (Eng.) |
22 Aug. 1998 |
28 Jan. 2001 [16]/5 Feb. 2002 [17] |
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Central America |
16 Apr. 1998 |
28 Mar. 2001 |
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DR-CAFTA (Dominican Republic and Central American Free Trade Agreement) (Eng.) |
5. Aug. 2004 |
1 Mar. 2007 |
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Total |
3 |
3 |
Cases/Parties Per Year
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AAA/ICDR [18] |
ICC [19] |
ICSID [20] Registered Concluded |
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2000 |
N/A [21] |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2001 |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2002 |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2003 |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2004 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2005 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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2006 |
N/A |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
Arbitral Institutions
Tribunal de Conciliaciones y Arbitraje
Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la Cámara de Comercio y Producción de Santo Domingo (Regulations of May 6, 2005 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Board of the Chamber of Commerce and Production of Santo Domingo)
Servicio de Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio y Producción de Santiago
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[1] Source: Supreme Court of Justice of Dominicn Republic, available at http://www.suprema.gov.do/pdf/leyes/2008/Ley_489-08.pdf.
[2] Language abbreviations: Spanish = Sp.; English = Eng.; and French = Fr.
[3] Sources: UNCTAD and Centro de Exportación e Inversión de la República Dominicana ("CEI-RD"), available at http://www.cei-rd.gov.do/acuerdosproyprotinver.asp.
[4] Not in force according to Chile; we consider it in force as UNCTAD and Dominican Republic consider it in force.
[5] UNCTAD.
[6] CEI-RD.
[7] According to CEI-RD the BIT with Finland entered into force on 21 April 2007. However, as of 1 June 2007 UNCTAD listed the BIT as not in force.
[8] UNCTAD.
[9] CEI-RD.
[10] Source: Sistema de Información de Comercio Exterior ("SICE") available at http://www.sice.oas.org/ctyindex/DOM/DOMBITs_e.asp.
[11] SICE.
[12] UNCTAD.
[13] CEI-RD.
[14] On October 2008 Ecuador denounced its BIT with the Dominican Republic. The BIT will continue to be in force until 2013.
[15] Sources: SICE and CEI-RD.
[16] CEI-RD.
[17] SICE.
[18] No. of cases administered by the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the AAA with a party from the Dominican Republic.
[19] No. of Parties from the Dominican Republic involved in Arbitration cases under ICC Rules.
[20] No. of cases registered by the ICSID Secretariat with the Dominican Republic as Respondent State.
[21] N/A = No information available.
[22] The members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration are appointed for three year terms.
