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Article 53: Orange and Red List Treatment

Part XIV — BIAS ELIMINATION ARCHITECTURE

53.1 Any circumstance falling within the Orange List of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, 2024, shall be treated as a mandatory disclosure trigger for arbitrators.

53.2 Any circumstance falling within the non-waivable Red List shall be treated as an automatic disqualification.

53.3 Waivable Red List circumstances require express, informed, written waiver from all parties, recorded on the institutional file.

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