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 Georgia Arbitration

Georgia is a Contracting State to the ICSID Convention:

• Signature: 7 August 1992
• Deposit of Ratification: 7 August 1992
• Entry into Force: 6 September 1992
• Pursuant to Article 13(1) of the ICSID Convention Georgia has made the following panel designations effective until *14 October 2004, **9 March 2016, ***8 August 2007:
  *Robert Bennett LUBIC (U.S.A. National): Professor of Law, American University Law School
  **Ms. Ana PALACIO: Attorney-at-Law
  ***Prof. Dr. Lado CHANTURIA: Chairman, Supreme Court of Georgia
  ***Prof. Dr. Rolf KNIEPER (German National): Professor of Civil and Economic Law, University of Bremen

Georgia is a Contracting State to the New York Convention:

• Date of Accession: 2 June 1994
• Entry into Force: 31 August 1994

In 2009, Georgia enacted legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration as amended in 2006 and is therefore popularly considered to be an UNCITRAL Model Law State

Georgia is not a Contracting State to the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: N/A

Georgia is not a Contracting State to the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: N/A

Georgia is a United Nations Member State:

• Date of Admission: 31 July 1992

Official State Name: Georgia - Sakartvelo - საქართველო

Official Language: Georgian

Capital: Tbilisi

Currency: Lari (ლ) (GEL)

Time Zone: UTC (UTC+4)

International Calling Code: +995

Internet TLD: .ge

Georgia-Turkey Bilateral Investment Treaty, signed 30 July 1992 (PDF)

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