New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

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international treaty multilateral convention

The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards is a key international treaty that obliges signatory states to recognize and enforce arbitration agreements and foreign arbitral awards with limited grounds for refusal.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards canonical	7
1958 New York Convention	1
Article II on recognition of arbitration agreements	1
Article III on recognition and enforcement of awards	1
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards	1
New York Convention	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6343080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Context triple: [Court of Arbitration for Sport, enforcementBasis, New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards]

A. New York Convention
The New York Convention was the 1788 state ratifying convention where delegates debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of New York.
B. Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration is a regional treaty adopted within the Americas that establishes uniform rules for recognizing and enforcing international commercial arbitration agreements and awards among member states.
C. Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards
The Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards is a regional treaty among American states that establishes rules for recognizing and enforcing civil and commercial court decisions and arbitral awards across national borders.
D. International Arbitration Act
The International Arbitration Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing international commercial arbitration, providing the legal framework for the conduct, recognition, and enforcement of arbitral proceedings and awards.
E. ICSID Convention
The ICSID Convention is an international treaty that establishes the framework and rules for arbitration and conciliation of investment disputes between states and foreign investors under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Target entity description: The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards is a key international treaty that obliges signatory states to recognize and enforce arbitration agreements and foreign arbitral awards with limited grounds for refusal.

A. New York Convention
The New York Convention was the 1788 state ratifying convention where delegates debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of New York.
B. Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration is a regional treaty adopted within the Americas that establishes uniform rules for recognizing and enforcing international commercial arbitration agreements and awards among member states.
C. Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards
The Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards is a regional treaty among American states that establishes rules for recognizing and enforcing civil and commercial court decisions and arbitral awards across national borders.
D. International Arbitration Act
The International Arbitration Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing international commercial arbitration, providing the legal framework for the conduct, recognition, and enforcement of arbitral proceedings and awards.
E. ICSID Convention
The ICSID Convention is an international treaty that establishes the framework and rules for arbitration and conciliation of investment disputes between states and foreign investors under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral convention ⓘ
administeredBy	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration ⓘ
adoptedInCity	New York City ⓘ
adoptedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ
adoptedOn	1958-06-10 ⓘ
allowsReservation	commercial reservation ⓘ reciprocity reservation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1958 New York Convention ⓘ linked to: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ linked to: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
articleCount	16 ⓘ
concludedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations ⓘ
containsProvision	Article I ⓘ Article II ⓘ Article III ⓘ Article IV ⓘ Article IX ⓘ Article V ⓘ Article VI ⓘ Article VII ⓘ Article VIII ⓘ Article X ⓘ Article XI ⓘ Article XII ⓘ Article XIII ⓘ Article XIV ⓘ Article XV ⓘ Article XVI ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1959-06-07 ⓘ
field	international trade law ⓘ private international law ⓘ
groundForRefusal	award deals with matters beyond scope of submission to arbitration ⓘ award not yet binding or set aside or suspended ⓘ incapacity of parties or invalidity of arbitration agreement ⓘ irregular composition of arbitral tribunal or procedure ⓘ lack of proper notice or inability to present case ⓘ non-arbitrability of subject matter under law of enforcing state ⓘ violation of public policy of enforcing state ⓘ
influenced	UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration ⓘ
isCornerstoneOf	modern international arbitration regime ⓘ
keyProvision	Article II on recognition of arbitration agreements ⓘ linked to: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Article III on recognition and enforcement of awards ⓘ linked to: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Article V on grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
limits	grounds on which recognition and enforcement of awards may be refused ⓘ
primaryObjective	to ensure recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ⓘ to require courts of contracting states to give effect to arbitration agreements ⓘ
region	worldwide ⓘ
replacedInstrument	Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927 ⓘ Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923 ⓘ
requires	contracting states to enforce foreign arbitral awards ⓘ contracting states to recognize written arbitration agreements ⓘ
scope	commercial disputes ⓘ foreign arbitral awards ⓘ non-domestic arbitral awards ⓘ
shortName	New York Convention ⓘ linked to: New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
subject	enforcement of arbitration agreements ⓘ international commercial arbitration ⓘ recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of Arbitration for Sport → enforcementBasis → New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ

International Arbitration Act (Singapore) → implements → New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ

subject linked to: International Arbitration Act

Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration → relatedTo → New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ

Inter-American Convention on Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards → relatedInstrument → New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ⓘ

New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards → shortName → New York Convention ⓘ