CITATION ELEMENTS: Style of cause or Case number | (year of decision), | reporter or registry | pinpoint | (organization responsible for arbitration framework).
EXAMPLE #1: Case No 6248 (1990), 19 YB Comm Arb 124 (International Chamber of Commerce).
EXAMPLE #2: Koch Industries Inc v Koch Supply & Trading LP (2024), ICSID Case No ARB/20/52 (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes).
For further guidance on citing international arbitration awards, see McGill Rule 5.2.12 International Arbitration Cases.
There are a variety of print and electronic sources for international arbitration awards, and not all awards are published due to confidentiality issues. To complicate matters further, there is no one source for locating all awards and decisions.
If the citation refers to a law report (see example #1, above), try locating the report in Omni or in the list of law reports located below, and use that information to verify the citation.
Here are the titles of some popular law reporters that contain international commercial arbitration awards and decisions. These sources are available in print and/or online through Queen's Library.
If the citation indicates the arbitral body, and no reporter (see example #2, above), try locating the award from the arbitral body's website or in a general database of arbitration awards. See below for a list of websites and databases containing international commerical arbitration awards.