A FICA delegation composed of Co-Chair Dr. Herman Verbist and Mira Vats-Fournier, FICA Fellow, attended the 83rd session of UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) in New York in the week of 12-16 February 2026.
During the session of UNCITRAL Working Group II, a “Colloquium on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Dispute Resolution and Remote Hearings in Arbitration and Mediation” was organized and amendments to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration were adopted in regard to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in electronic form and amendments to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in regard to electronic notices of arbitration.
