El proyecto de ley de arbitraje doméstico una reforma impostergable

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the main provisions contained in the domestic arbitration bill recently presented before the Uruguayan Parliament. The study focuses on the elimination of the arbitral commitment, the establishment of arbitration at law as a rule, the arbitrability of public policy norms, the reassertion of the autonomy of the arbitration agreement and the vindication of interim measures. To this end, the proposed amendments are contrasted with a critical analysis of the current legislation, to conclude that this is a very positive bill, which takes as input the best practices worldwide, and whose approval would give an important boost to domestic arbitration and to the image of our country as a reference in the region for alternative dispute resolution.