The Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) is an international governmental organization formed in 1956, initially to serve as an advisory board to member states on matters on international law. It was an outgrowth of the Bandung Conference, held in Indonesia during April, 1955, which led to the establishment of the Asian Legal Consultative Committee (ALCC). In April, 1958, it changed its name to the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC) to reflect the growth of its membership beyond the African side of the United Arab Republic. Since 2001, it has been known by its current name, the AALCO, reflecting the growth of its international status; currently an intergovernmental organization having received a standing United Nations invitation to participate as an observer in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining a permanent office at Headquarters.
In 2014, the AALCO established an Informal Expert Group on Customary International Law. That group adopted a set of comments on the work of the International Law Commission on identification of customary international law. Those comments and the report of the AALCO Special Rapporteur Sienho Yee are published on the website of the AALCO.[1]
AALCO Regional Centres for International Commercial Arbitration
One of the major achievements of AALCO in its programme in the economic field was the launching of its Integrated Scheme for Settlement of Disputes in the Economic and Commercial Transactions in 1978. Pursuant to that Scheme, it was decided to establish Regional Arbitration Centres under the auspices of AALCO, which would function as international institutions with the objectives to promote international commercial arbitration in the Asian-African regions and provide for conducting international arbitrations under these Centres. Five such Centres have been established so far, as below:
Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC, formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration), Malaysia
Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), Arab Republic of Egypt
Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Lagos (RCICAL), Nigeria
Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre (TRAC), Islamic Republic of Iran[2]
Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration (NCIA), Nairobi, Republic of Kenya
The respective host Governments recognize their independent status like an international organization and have accorded privileges and immunities to these Centres. AALCO provides its expertise and assistance to its Member States in the appointment of arbitrators and other matters related to the conduct of arbitration. Its Centers provide the opportunities for training of arbitrators as well. The Directors of the Centres, who are from amongst lawyers familiar to arbitration, are appointed by suggestion of the host governments and ratification of the Secretary-General of AALCO. Directors of the Centres present their reports on the functioning of the Centres at the Annual Sessions of AALCO.[citation needed]
^"AALCOIEG Chairman's Statement and Special Rapporteur's Report" (PDF).
^TRAC, Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre. "HOME". Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^"Former Secretaries General". www.aalco.int. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^Dr. Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol elected to serve as the Secretary-General of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO)
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The Asian African Legal Consultative Organization AALCO is an international governmental organization formed in 1956 initially to serve as an advisory board to member states on matters on international law It was an outgrowth of the Bandung Conference held in Indonesia during April 1955 which led to the establishment of the Asian Legal Consultative Committee ALCC In April 1958 it changed its name to the Asian African Legal Consultative Committee AALCC to reflect the growth of its membership beyond the African side of the United Arab Republic Since 2001 it has been known by its current name the AALCO reflecting the growth of its international status currently an intergovernmental organization having received a standing United Nations invitation to participate as an observer in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining a permanent office at Headquarters AALCOAsian African Legal Consultative OrganizationHeadquartersNew Delhi IndiaOfficial languageEnglishSecretary GeneralKamalinne Pinitpuvadol Thailand WebsiteOfficial websiteIn 2014 the AALCO established an Informal Expert Group on Customary International Law That group adopted a set of comments on the work of the International Law Commission on identification of customary international law Those comments and the report of the AALCO Special Rapporteur Sienho Yee are published on the website of the AALCO 1 Contents 1 AALCO Regional Centres for International Commercial Arbitration 2 List of AALCO Secretaries General 3 Members 4 References 5 External linksAALCO Regional Centres for International Commercial Arbitration EditOne of the major achievements of AALCO in its programme in the economic field was the launching of its Integrated Scheme for Settlement of Disputes in the Economic and Commercial Transactions in 1978 Pursuant to that Scheme it was decided to establish Regional Arbitration Centres under the auspices of AALCO which would function as international institutions with the objectives to promote international commercial arbitration in the Asian African regions and provide for conducting international arbitrations under these Centres Five such Centres have been established so far as below Asian International Arbitration Centre AIAC formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration Malaysia Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration CRCICA Arab Republic of Egypt Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Lagos RCICAL Nigeria Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre TRAC Islamic Republic of Iran 2 Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration NCIA Nairobi Republic of Kenya The respective host Governments recognize their independent status like an international organization and have accorded privileges and immunities to these Centres AALCO provides its expertise and assistance to its Member States in the appointment of arbitrators and other matters related to the conduct of arbitration Its Centers provide the opportunities for training of arbitrators as well The Directors of the Centres who are from amongst lawyers familiar to arbitration are appointed by suggestion of the host governments and ratification of the Secretary General of AALCO Directors of the Centres present their reports on the functioning of the Centres at the Annual Sessions of AALCO citation needed List of AALCO Secretaries General EditBarry Sen 1956 1987 Frank X Njenga 1988 1994 Chengyuan 1994 2000 Wafik Zaher Kamil 2000 2008 Rahmat Mohamad 2008 2016 Kennedy Gastorn 2016 2020 3 Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol 2021 present 4 Members Edit Asian African Legal Consultative Organization member states The current membership includes the following members with founding members marked with an asterisk Bahrain Bangladesh Botswana Brunei Cameroon China Cyprus Egypt founding member as United Arab Republic The Gambia Ghana India Indonesia Iraq Iran Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Libya Malaysia Mauritius Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Nigeria North Korea Oman Pakistan State of Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Sudan Syria founding member as United Arab Republic Tanzania Thailand Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates Viet Nam YemenReferences Edit AALCOIEG Chairman s Statement and Special Rapporteur s Report PDF TRAC Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre HOME Tehran Regional Arbitration Centre Retrieved 30 May 2020 Former Secretaries General www aalco int Retrieved 27 March 2020 Dr Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol elected to serve as the Secretary General of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization AALCO External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asian African Legal Consultative Organization amp oldid 1146576214, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
