Soft Law from the Ground Up: The Role of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the Formation of Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms

Professor Ali, Shahla   (Principal Investigator (PI))

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2018-09-01

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Soft Law from the Ground Up: The Role of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the Formation of Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms

Dispute Settlement, International Arbitration, Regional Engagement, Transnational Soft Law, UNCITRAL

Law

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

17604318

General Research Fund (GRF)

2018

Completed

1) To analyze contributions from Asia Pacific members, alongside other members of the global community, in the development and refinement of UNCITRAL dispute settlement instruments including its Model Law on international arbitration and transparency rules based on regional case interpretation and practice insights; 2) To examine whether, and if so how, decentralised engagement in soft law-making through UNCITRAL RCAP is helping to overcome the vertical and horizontal representational deficits in the global soft law-making process. 3) To test the proposition that the presence of regional centres has the potential to expand participation in global soft law-making processes. 4) To suggest revisions to UNCITRAL’s assessment indicators measuring regional engagement to reflect emerging insights regarding best practices in decentralised engagement; 5) To contribute to the ongoing theoretical discussion on the role of regional actors, including courts and arbitral institutions, in transnational norm formation.