Jordan

The Legal Framework for Arbitration

General Information

  • UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.

  • Legal Provisions: Arbitration Law No. 31 of 2001 (as amended via Law No. 16 of 2018).

Arbitral Institutions

  • Amman Chamber of Commerce

  • The Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society

  • The Jordan Law & Arbitration Centre

Multilateral Conventions

  • New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 15 November 1979); reservations: [The Government of Jordan] shall not be bound by any awards which are made by Israel or to which an Israeli is a party.

  • European Convention: No.

  • ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 30 October 1972).

  • Energy Charter Treaty: No.

 

Last updated February 2019