The Permanent Court of Arbitration: Responding to a Century of Globalization

Abstract

Introduction The history of the 100-year-old Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a microcosm of a century of globalization, and its evolution during that period testiŽ es to its ability to meet the changing needs of an increasingly globalized international community. Particularly in the past decades, the PCA has evidenced great  exibility in meeting the dispute resolution needs of the international community in such emerging and expanding Ž elds as telecommunications, air trafŽ c control, mass claims settlement, international organizations and the environment. It has also become involved in global dialogue and the dissemination of information, by electronic as well as traditional means, on a variety of current topics in international law and relations.