The International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has begun publishing information on the composition of ICC tribunals. In January 2016, the ICC announced that the ICC Court will publish on its website the names and nationality of arbitrators sitting in all ICC cases registered from 1 January 2016 (see Legal update, ICC implements further policies to bolster transparency and increase efficiency). The newly published ICC Arbitral Tribunals page provides that information and includes the names and nationality of the arbitrators, whether the appointment was made by the ICC Court or the parties, and whether each arbitrator is the president, a sole arbitrator or party-appointed arbitrator. However, so that confidentiality is not compromised, the reference number of cases, and the names of parties and counsel, will not be published. Further, parties may agree to opt out of the limited disclosure of arbitrator details. The information on arbitrators will be published once a tribunal is constituted, will be updated if there are any changes to the tribunal's composition and will remain publicly available on the ICC website once a case is terminated.

The publication of details on the composition of ICC tribunal is the latest measure by the ICC to improve transparency (for example, see Legal update, ICC Court may give reasons for administrative decisions, ICC Court issues new guidance on disclosure of conflicts to arbitrators and ICC revises note to parties and tribunals to include practices on calculating fees). As a signatory to the Equal Representation in Arbitration pledge, this move will also assist in making gender statistics for appointments more publicly available (see Legal update, Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge launched and Blog post, Launch of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge).

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