Arbitration Survey 2016 - Diversity on Arbitral Tribunals

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* 1. What is your involvement in international arbitration? Please tick as many boxes as you like.

As counsel

As arbitrator

As both counsel and arbitrator

As client/user

As arbitral institution

Other (please specify)

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* 2. In what region/s do you work? Please tick as many boxes as you like.

Asia

Australasia

Middle East

North America

Latin America and the Caribbean

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

North Africa

West Africa

East Africa

Other (please specify)

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* 3. In your opinion, on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 is very important; 5 is not important at all), how important are the below factors when considering what names to put on a short list of potential arbitrators for appointment? Please tick one box for each factor.

	Very important	Important	Neither important nor unimportant	Not that important	Not important at all
Number of previous appointments	Number of previous appointments Very important	Number of previous appointments Important	Number of previous appointments Neither important nor unimportant	Number of previous appointments Not that important	Number of previous appointments Not important at all
Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal	Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal Very important	Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal Important	Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal Neither important nor unimportant	Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal Not that important	Perceived gravitas/ability to influence other members of the tribunal Not important at all
Number of awards challenged	Number of awards challenged Very important	Number of awards challenged Important	Number of awards challenged Neither important nor unimportant	Number of awards challenged Not that important	Number of awards challenged Not important at all
Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator	Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator Very important	Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator Important	Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator Neither important nor unimportant	Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator Not that important	Informal feedback from other practitioners who know this arbitrator Not important at all
Expertise	Expertise Very important	Expertise Important	Expertise Neither important nor unimportant	Expertise Not that important	Expertise Not important at all
Efficiency	Efficiency Very important	Efficiency Important	Efficiency Neither important nor unimportant	Efficiency Not that important	Efficiency Not important at all
Gender	Gender Very important	Gender Important	Gender Neither important nor unimportant	Gender Not that important	Gender Not important at all
Ethnicity/national identity	Ethnicity/national identity Very important	Ethnicity/national identity Important	Ethnicity/national identity Neither important nor unimportant	Ethnicity/national identity Not that important	Ethnicity/national identity Not important at all
Well known in the arbitral community	Well known in the arbitral community Very important	Well known in the arbitral community Important	Well known in the arbitral community Neither important nor unimportant	Well known in the arbitral community Not that important	Well known in the arbitral community Not important at all

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* 4. In your opinion, provided the appointed arbitrators have the necessary level of expertise and experience, is it desirable that an arbitral tribunal should have gender balance? Please tick one box.

Yes

It makes no difference

Don't know

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* 5. In your opinion, provided the arbitrators have the necessary level of expertise and experience, is it desirable that that appointed arbitrators should come from a wide range of ethnic and national backgrounds? Please tick one box.

Yes

It makes no difference

Don't know

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* 6. Do you consider diversity when considering potential candidates for an appointment as arbitrator? Please tick one box.

Yes

No. I do not consider it relevant

No. I do not think about it

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* 7. Are you likely to do so more frequently in the future than you have in the past? Please tick one box.

Yes

Don't know

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* 8. Would you welcome more information about new and less well-known arbitrators? Please tick one box.

Yes

Don't know

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* 9. Would you welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on an arbitrator at the end of a case? Please tick one box.

Yes

Don't know

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* 10. In your opinion, should feedback about an arbitrator given to an institution at the end of a case be publicly available? Please tick one box.

Yes

Don't know

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* 11. In your opinion, who of the following should play a role in achieving greater diversity on arbitral panels? Please tick as many boxes as you like.

Arbitral Institutions

The Parties

Counsel for the Parties

Arbitrators

Academics and teachers

None of the above. I am happy with the status quo

Don’t know

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* 12. Do you think it is desirable for arbitral institutions to publish statistics about the gender, and ethnic or national identity of appointed arbitrators?

Yes

Don't know

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* 13. Would the content of such statistics influence your choice of institutional rules in the future?

Yes

Don't know

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* 14. In your opinion, would it be a good idea for institutional rules to require arbitrators appointed to the same tribunal to come from different regions of the world? Please tick one box.

Yes

Don't know

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* 15. Do you believe that, for any of the below reasons, you have received fewer appointments than you might otherwise have done? Please tick as many boxes as you like.

Ethnicity

National identity

Gender

Religion

Age (too young)

Don’t know

Do not sit as an arbitrator

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* 16. In your opinion, are too many of the arbitrators appointed to international arbitration tribunals one of the below? Please tick as many boxes as you like.

White

Male

From Western-Europe or North America