APRAG Members

The Association is established as the sole arbitration institution of Taiwan and approved by the Ministry of Interior in 1955.

It is a non-profit and non-government organisation administering disputes resolution in Taiwan and prospectively in Asia-Pacific region. It operates under the Board of Directors which is composed of leading business and professional people in Taiwan. Management and administration are conducted by the Secretary section.

Aside from the Secretary section, there are fourteen committees engaged in arbitration promotion and research: Construction Dispute Arbitration Research Committee; International Trade Arbitration Research Committee; Maritime Dispute Arbitration Research Committee; Intellectual Property Rights Dispute Arbitration Research Committee; Arbitration Law Research Committee; Finance, Securities and Insurance Dispute Arbitration Research Committee; Cross-Strait Affairs Research Committee; Information and Electronics Dispute Arbitration Research Committee; Arbitrator Appointment Committee; Activity Promotion and Development Research Committee; Real Estate Dispute Arbitration Promotion Committee; Arbitrator Training & Communication Committee; Arbitrator Ethics Committee; Publication Editorial Committee.

The Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand Inc. ("AMINZ") is the leading dispute resolution organisation in New Zealand. It originated as a branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) in 1979 and became the Arbitrators' Institute of New Zealand in 1987. In 1996 it merged with the Mediators Institute of New Zealand to become AMINZ. It is now New Zealand¡¦s leading professional association for those practicing in dispute resolution; including arbitrators, adjudicators, mediators, conciliators and facilitators. Its members are from varied backgrounds including commerce, resource management, property, engineering, human resources, agriculture, family, maritime, construction, education and international.

The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration ("ACICA") is a non-profit public company that was established in 1985. The objects of ACICA are to support and facilitate international arbitration and to promote Sydney and Australia as a venue for international commercial arbitration.

ACICA has several prominent arbitration experts on its board and also has the support of its eight corporate members, which are comprised of Australia's largest law firms and the world's largest professional services organisation. These are Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson Waldron, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Freehills, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Minter Ellison and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ACICA has close associations with related organisations, including the Australian Commercial Dispute Centre ("ACDC"), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australian Branch), the Law Institute of Victoria and the Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management. In fact, the Law Institute of Victoria and the Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management provide ACICA's Melbourne and Perth registries, respectively. ACICA also has cooperation agreements with many arbitration organisations around the world.

Further, ACICA recently established the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission ("AMTAC"). AMTAC aims to capitalise on the skills and expertise of maritime lawyers, arbitrators, judges and scholars in Australia to make Australia an international leader in maritime and transport law.