This segment addresses the general principles on the interpretation of international arbitration agreements and the scope and regulation of the interpretation of arbitration agreements in the New York Convention, national arbitration legislation and general rules of contract law.

This segment addresses the rules of construction – the contra proferentem rule, the in favorem validitatis rule, the specific prevailing over the general, principles of good faith, as well as pro-arbitration, anti-arbitration and neutral rules of constructions.

This segment addresses recurrent issues in the interpretation of arbitration agreements and the interpretation of the terms “all disputes”, “disputes”, “agreement” and “breach, termination or invalidity” in arbitration agreements.

This segment addresses broad and narrow arbitration clauses, exceptions to the scope of an arbitration clause, tort claims and statutory claims.

This segment addresses multiple contracts, successive contracts, settlement agreements and the validity of international arbitration agreements, and discusses pathological arbitration clauses and the validation principle.

This segment addresses the allocation of competence to interpret international arbitration agreements and the interpretation of institutional arbitration rules.

This segment addresses pre-arbitration procedural requirements, representative examples of multi-tier clauses and their mandatory or aspirational character.

This segment addresses the consequences of non-compliance with pre-arbitration procedural requirements and future directions of the interpretation of arbitration agreements.