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Arbitration

التحكيم

dispute resolution arbitration

Arbitration is a private, binding dispute-resolution procedure chosen by agreement of the parties, in which one or more arbitrators decide the dispute and issue an award that has the force of a judgment. UAE onshore arbitration is governed by the Arbitration Law (Federal Law No. 6 of 2018, based on the UNCITRAL Model Law) and leading institutions include the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD). DIFC arbitration follows the DIFC Arbitration Law 2008 and the LCIA-derived DIFC-LCIA history, now migrated to DIAC. ADGM has its own Arbitration Regulations. The UAE is a party to the 1958 New York Convention, so arbitral awards rendered in any contracting state can be recognised and enforced in the UAE subject to limited grounds of refusal.

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التحكيم وسيلة خاصة ملزمة لتسوية النزاعات يختارها الأطراف باتفاقهم، يقضي فيها محكم واحد أو أكثر بقرار له قوة الحكم. ينظم التحكيم داخل الإمارات (خارج المناطق الحرة) القانونُ الاتحادي رقم 6 لسنة 2018 المستند إلى القانون النموذجي للأونسيترال، ومن أبرز المؤسسات مركز دبي للتحكيم الدولي (DIAC) ومركز أبوظبي للتحكيم الدولي (arbitrateAD). أما التحكيم في مركز دبي المالي العالمي فيحكمه قانون التحكيم لسنة 2008 وتاريخ DIFC-LCIA الذي اندمج الآن في DIAC. ولسوق أبوظبي العالمي لائحته الخاصة للتحكيم. والإمارات طرف في اتفاقية نيويورك لعام 1958، لذا تُعترَف بأحكام التحكيم الصادرة في أي دولة متعاقدة وتُنفَّذ داخل الدولة ضمن أسباب رفض محدودة.

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