Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 3

18-Jan-2010

Bahrain

Bahrain Launches Alternative Dispute Resolution Chamber

The Bahrain government announced on 11 January that it had formally launched the Bahrain Chamber of Dispute Resolution and, in the process, became the first country in the world to establish an arbitration free zone. Implemented by Bahrains Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA), it will be known formally as the BCDR-AAA. The MOJ signed an...