WCF 2023-2025 General Council

Vincent Subilia re-elected member of the General Council

ICC Chamber members from more than 100 countries were called to vote last November and elect their twenty preferred chamber leaders from forty-six candidates, to serve on the WCF General Council 2023-2025.  The World Chambers Federation (WCF) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced the results of elections for its General Council. Vincent Subilia, Director general of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services, has been re-elected.

Conclusion of the COP27 climate summit

6 - 18 November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh

 In the closing plenary of #COP27, ICC delivered a statement on behalf of business and industry NGOs on the outcome of the two-week negotiations. Efforts have been made to keep 1.5 alive, but much more could have been done. Business remains squarely behind the #ParisAgreement.

Business and industry statement
Statement John Denton

MC12 – WHERE DO WE STAND? NEXT STEPS

Wednesday 2 November 2022 at the Forum de Genève

To stimulate and facilitate dialogue among international organisations and the respective diplomatic representations in Geneva, ICC Switzerland continued its Geneva Business Dialogues. We were pleased with the discussions on the topic of “MC12 – WHERE DO WE STAND? NEXT STEPS”. 

7th Geneva Business Dialogue Roundtable

Geneva, 2 November 2022

ICC Switzerland, in collaboration with ICC Headquarters and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to invite you to the next Geneva Business Dialogue on the topic of the twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference – where do we stand? Next Steps.

Joint Visit to the Secretariat of Court ICC Switzerland and ICC Netherlands

The visit of the Swiss arbitrators to the Court of yesterday was a great success. This year we have organised it jointly with ICC Netherlands.

Between a joint lunch and dinner, which create an opportunity for exchange for the participants of both national Committees, the meeting allowed for our Swiss arbitrators to discuss general issues of procedures as well as specific issues. It was also a good opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the staff of the Court's Secretariat and the Swiss arbitration community as well as to meet personally with some counsel.

ICC welcomes EU Regulation

amendment increasing legal certainty for the business community

Following the strengthening of the Russian and Belarusian related financial sanctions earlier this year, the dispute resolution community raised numerous concerns regarding the subsequent and anticipated impact on the administration and conduct of ICC proceedings implicating these countries.

Read the full statement here