Past Events

On 16-17 June 2022, Dr. Selim delivered a Keynote Speech at the 11. Baltic Arbitration Days on Arbitration in Africa, Riga, Latvia.   Dr. Ismail focused on the history surrounding the introduction of Egypt’s 1994 Law on Arbitration and on arbitration's impact in the African Continent.  The event was attended by judges, lawyers, and scholars from the Baltic Region and beyond.

On 30-31 May 2022, CRCICA supported the Africa Construction Law Conference on “Construction Law in Africa: Turning Hindsight into Foresight”, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference examined trends and developments in construction law and the infrastructural challenges faced across English-speaking, Francophone, and Lusophone African jurisdictions covering the full financing, contracting and dispute resolution spectrum.

On 24 May 2022, the CIArb Egypt Branch organized jointly with the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration “CRCICA” (the seat of the Branch) the webinar to introduce Prof. Yannick Radi’s textbook titled “Rules and Practices of International Investment Law and Arbitration”.   The speaker was Prof. Yannick Radi, Professor of International Law at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and author of the textbook, the moderator was Dr. Ismail Selim, Director of CRCICA. Prof. Radi spoke about salient features of international investment law and arbitration, how to balance public and private interests, and the impact of such balance on treaty and arbitral practice. He also addressed the current ISDS reform proposals. Attendees raised many questions that led to interesting discussions following Prof. Radi’s presentation. The webinar was attended by 120 participants from 41 countries, namely Algeria, Austria, Burkina, Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom United States, and Zambia. To watch the video of the webinar, please click here: https://youtu.be/jl4OOU1Dbzo

Dr. Selim represented CRCICA at the Hamburg International Arbitration Days organized by the German Institute of Arbitration held during 2-7 April 2022.  Dr. Selim spoke on 5 April 2022, on the event titled “International Arbitration in Africa”.  The event addressed arbitration as the premier option of dispute resolution in business contracts with African partners and the progressing role of the African arbitration institutions on one hand and Africa as an attractive market for German companies on the other hand. Dr. Selim’s presentation focused on Case Law of Challenges against Arbitrators under the Rules of the CRCICA. Prof. Emilia Onyema, Professor of International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London and Member of CRCICA’s Advisory Committee, approached the Modern Perspectives on Arbitration in Africa.

Alongside the framework of Paris Arbitration Week, Dr. Ismail Selim remotely participated in a discussion on the Institutional Perspectives and Legal Developments related to Arbitration in Western and Northern Africa in a featured Pane