The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Bahrain

   
General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: Decree Law No. 9 of 1994 with respect to promulgating International Commercial Arbitration Law (adopted on 16 August 1994, as ameded). 

  
Multilateral conventions:

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 6 April 1988); reservations: reciprocity; commercial disputes.
• European Convention: No.
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 14 February 1996); reservations: none.
• Energy Charter Treaty: No (observer to the Energy Charter Conference). 

  
Arbitral institutions:

• The Bahrain Chamber of Dispute Resolution
• Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry