Islamic Republic of Iran appointed four Iranian members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) for a term of six years: Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohebi, Prof. Dr. Jamshid Momtaz, Prof. Dr. Alireza Jahangiri and Dr. Hossein Piran. Two of these new members of the PCA are among the panel of arbitrators of TRAC.

The PCA is an intergovernmental organization and provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes between member states, international organizations, or private parties arising out of international agreements.

Each member state is entitled to nominate up to four persons of “known competency in questions of international law and of the highest moral reputation” as members of the Court.

The members of the PCA are potential arbitrators appointed by member states and, according to the article 4(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), entitled to nominate candidates for the election to the ICJ.

TRAC warmly congratulates the nomination or Iranian members of the PCA.

For more information about the members of the PCA, please visit:

https://pca-cpa.org/en/about/structure/members-of-the-court/