ABSTRACT: Switzerland is one of the world's leading places for international arbitration proceedings. Swiss arbitration law is based on a dual system. International arbitration proceedings are governed by the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law ("PIL Act"). Until recently, domestic arbitration proceedings were governed by a treaty among the Swiss cantons-the Intercantonal Concordat on Arbitration ("Concordat"). On 1 January 2011, the unified Swiss Federal Code of Civil Procedure ("SCCP") entered into force. This is the most important development in the Swiss legal order since the unification of the civil, commercial and criminal law at the beginning of the 20th century. The SCCP abolishes and replaces the 26 cantonal codes of civil procedure as well as the Concordat on domestic arbitration which, while modern when it was established in 1969, no longer met the expectations of users in the 21st century. The present paper summarizes some of the key features of the SCCP in the field of arbitration.
Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem