The Getting the Deal Through guide to Arbitration in Brazil is presented in a Q&A format, updated annually. Current issue May 2019. 1. Is your jurisdiction a contracting state to the New York Convention on
the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards? Since when has
the Convention been in force? Were any declarations or notifications made
under articles I, X and XI of the Convention? What other multilateral
conventions relating to international commercial and investment arbitration
is your country a party to? Brazil is a contracting state to the New York Convention, having acceded to it through the issuance of Federal Decree No. 4,311/2002, on 23 July 2002. No declarations or notifications under articles I, X and XI of the Convention were made by the Brazilian government. Brazil has also agreed to the following multilateral conventions regarding international commercial arbitration: • Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses (1923); • Panama Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (1975); • Montevideo Inter-American Convention on the Extraterritorial Enforcement of Foreign Court Decisions and Arbitral Awards (1979); • Las Leñas