Проблема повышения эффективности деятельности постоянной палаты третейского суда в Гааге

Abstract

This article is devoted to trie problem of increasing the efficiency of activity of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at the contemporary stage. The complex of issues concerning the extension of the jurisdiction of the PCA and the improvement of dispute settlement mechanisms under its aegis are examined in the article. Some aspects of establishment of the Financial Assistance Fund for States Parties to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 on the Settlement of International Conflicts that face financial difficulties in recourse to the conciliation and arbitration procedures of the PCA are considered. The Steering Committee recommendations are analysed withing the PCA reformation process and preparation of the Third Peace Conference in 1999: Integration of the PCA in the United Nations system as a complementary means of dispute settlement; introduction the PCA Optional Rules with mechanisms set forth in the HAgue Conventionof 1907; inclusion of Organizations as parties in PCA dispute resolution in newly-expanding fields, such as environmental law. The author makes a conclusion that the reformed PCA will meet the needs of modern international life and be able to become one of the most effective means of dispute settlement in the new century.