Honduras
Latin Arbitration Law Country Profile
Arbitration Law
- Decreto No. 161 - 2000 - Ley de Conciliación y Arbitraje
International Conventions
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Signed |
Entered into force |
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1 Jan. 2001 |
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30 Jan. 1975 |
22 Mar. 1979 |
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8 May 1979 |
Not in force |
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28 May 1986 |
16 Mar. 1989 |
Investment Protection Treaties
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Bilateral Investment Treaties [1] [2] |
Signed |
Entered into force UNCTAD |
Dispute Resolution Fora |
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Chile (Sp.) |
11 Nov. 1996 |
10 Jan. 2000 |
Local courts ICSID |
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Ecuador (Sp.) |
26 July 2000 |
Denounced by Ecuador on October 2008 |
Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL |
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France (Fr.) |
28 Apr. 1998 [3] |
8 Mar. 2001 [4]/Not in force according to SICE |
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Germany (Ger.) (Sp.) |
21 Mar. 1995 |
27 May 1998 |
ICSID |
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Korea, Republic of (Eng.) |
24 Oct. 2000 |
19 July 2001 |
Local courts ICSID |
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Netherlands (Eng.) |
15 Jan. 2001 |
1 Sept. 2002 |
Local courts ICSID UNCITRAL |
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Spain (Sp.) |
18 Mar. 1994 |
23 May 1996 |
Local courts UNCITRAL ICSID ICC |
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Switzerland (Fr.) |
14 Oct. 1993 |
31 Aug. 1994 |
ICSID Ad hoc arbitration under ICC Rules UNCITRAL |
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Taiwan, Province of China* |
26 Feb. 1996 |
Not in force |
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United Kingdom (Eng.) |
7 Dec. 1993 |
8 Mar. 1995 |
ICSID Additional Facility Rules ICC Ad hoc arbitration UNCITRAL |
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1 July 1995 |
11 July 2001 |
Local courts ICSID ICSID Additional Facility Rules UNCITRAL Other arbitration institutions agreed by parties Ad hoc arbitration |
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Total |
11 |
9/10 [5] |
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Free Trade Associations [6] |
Signed |
Entered into force |
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DR-CAFTA (Dominican Republic and Central American Free Trade Agreement) (Eng.) |
5 Aug. 2004 |
1 Apr. 2006 |
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Central America - Dominican Republic (Sp.) |
16 Apr. 1998 |
19 Dec. 2001 |
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El Salvador - Honduras - Taiwan |
07 May 2007 |
15 Jul. 2008 |
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Central America - Chile (Sp.) |
18 Oct. 1999 [7] |
July 19, 2008 The Chile - Honduras FTA is a Protocol of the FTA signed between Chile and Central America. |
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Central America - Panama |
15 June 2007 |
Not in force |
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Colombia - El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (Northern Triangle) |
9 Aug. 2007 |
Not in force |
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México - El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (Northern Triangle) (Sp.)
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29 June 2000 |
Mexico-Honduras 1 June 2001 |
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Total |
6 |
5 |
Certain Arbitration Cases
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ICSID Cases [8] |
Decisions and Awards |
Date [9] |
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Astaldi S.p.A. & Columbus Latinoamericana de Construcciones S.A. v. Republica de Honduras (Case No. ARB/99/8) |
Award embodying parties' settlement agreement. |
19 Oct. 2000 |
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Total Cases |
1 |
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Cases/Parties Per Year
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AAA/ICDR [10] |
ICC [11] |
ICSID [12] |
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| Registered | Concluded | |||
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2000 |
N/A [13] |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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2001 |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2002 |
N/A |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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2003 |
N/A |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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2004 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2005 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2006 |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
Arbitral Institutions
Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Tegucigalpa
Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio e Industrias de Cortés
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[1] Language abbreviations: Spanish = Sp.; English = Eng.; French = Fr.; German = Ger.
[2] UNCTAD does not provide a list of the BITs signed by Honduras. However, it provides the texts of some of them. The BITs listed in the chart have been found in the list of the other State parties.
[3] SICE and UNCTAD
[4] According to list of France's BITS in UNCTAD the France - Honduras BIT entered into force on March 8, 2001.
[5] On October 2008 Ecuador denounced its BIT with Honduras. However, the BIT is subject to certain termination and survival provisions.
[6] Source: OAS Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior ("SICE")
[7] Source: Secretaria de Industria y Comercio, Republica de Honduras http://www.sic.gob.hn/tlc_chile/index.htm
[8] Cases are presented in chronological order taking into consideration the registration number (Int'l arbitration cases) or the day of issuance (Court decisions).
[9] Date the decision or award was rendered.
[10] No. of cases administered by the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the AAA with a party from Honduras.
[11] No. of Parties from Honduras involved in Arbitration cases under ICC Rules.
[12] No. of cases registered by the ICSID Secretariat with Honduras as Respondent State.
[13] No information available.
[14] Terminal date of designation February 12, 2008.
[15] Terminal date of designation December 7, 2009.
[16] Terminal date of designation December 7, 2009.
[17] Terminal date of designation February 12, 2008.
