Diversity in international arbitration is one of the key areas
of development in the past few years. While arbitral institutions
are willing to contribute to diversity through promoting
underrepresented groups in arbitrator appointments and publication
of data related to arbitrators in the past few years, academic
institutions and law firms conduct surveys with respect to
conceptions on this issue, as well as the paths to be followed to
enhance diversity. The current status on diversity across arbitral
tribunals shall be analyzed in this article.
In General
The notion of diversity may be defined as the fact of many
different types of things or people being included in something; a
range of different things or people1. In terms of diversity in
arbitration, diversity can be reviewed under different groups, such
as gender and age diversity, or geographic, cultural, and ethnic
diversity.
