AFAS wins the 2023 “New Initiative Award” of Arbitral Women
AFAS is very pleased to announce that it has received some funding to support its arbitration/ADR project titled, "ADR Student...
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Are we any closer to realising the East African Federation?
Dr Chrispas Nyombi, Associate Professor, school of Law, University of Derby Introduction The idea behind an East African Federation (EAF)...
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Thoughts on the Chairing Styles Adopted by Presiding Arbitrators
Author: Emilia Onyema, Independent International arbitrator, and Professor of International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London. Introduction Most arbitration...
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La reconnaissance et l’exécution en France des sentences arbitrales étrangères annulées dans leur État d’origine : Leçons pour les sentences africaines
Par Selma JERIBI Université Paris-Saclay (Evry Val d’Essonne), France La France a toujours entretenu, en matière d’arbitrage, avec le continent...
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The 2nd AYA Mentoring Programme: The Reflections of a Mentee
The 2nd AYA Mentoring Programme: The Reflections of a Mentee Ibrahim Godofa* “Better than a thousand days of diligent study...
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African arbitrators in discussion with Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassadors
We are delighted to launch our African Arbitrator Interview Series today! The series features African arbitrators in discussion with Arbitrator Intelligence...
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Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, (1933-2020) USA Supreme Court
September 18th, 2020 is a day of mourning for the legal community around the world. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed...
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My Experience Learning International Commercial Arbitration in SOAS University of London
My name is Christian Sopuruchi and at the time of writing this, I am concluding my full-time LLM Program in...
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THE RISE IN ISDS CASES
Zaherah Saghir Investment laws ‘often’ include Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions and “international arbitration is the ISDS mechanism to...
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International Investment Law and COVID-19
Mian Shazeb Quddous LLM Student at University of Hertfordshire A field of law that governs relationships and resolves disputes between...
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Revisiting the Institutional Framework for International Investment Arbitration in Nigeria
Emo Idornigie-Pearce1 Introduction The state of the investment climate in Nigeria is causing a lot of anxiety. The reasons are...
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Potential approach of arbitral tribunals to COVID-19 policy decisions by States
Obiajunwa Ama On March 11th 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared the...
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Perspectives on the SOAS Arbitration in Africa Survey 2020
Prof Paul Obo Idornigie, SAN, C.Arb Abuja, Nigeria In early 2018, SOAS, University of London, published the SOAS Arbitration in...
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