Foreign Language and Arbitrators in International Arbitration

Abstract

The fact that an arbitrator in international arbitration encounters, in a regular way, languages different from his mother tongue, requires from him/her also a certain level of working knowledge of those particular languages. This required level need not to be the same for every arbitrator and for every part of the proceedings, however, all arbitrators should command the particular language at least on a certain minimum level, taking into account the interests of the procedural efficiency.