Sweden appoints new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

The government of Sweden on 6 July 2015 has appointed its conciliators, the arbitrator and its alternate for a new mandate of six years, in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE.

Appointed as conciliators are Anne Ramberg, Attorney-at-Law and Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association; and Rolf Ekéus, former Ambassador and former OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.

The arbitrator is Mats Melin, Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court and Chairperson of the Supreme Administrative Court. His alternate is Marie Jacobsson, Ambassador, Principal Legal Adviser on International Law at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and a Member of the International Law Commission.

Sweden is the Depositary State of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, signed on 15 December 1992 in Stockholm. The Stockholm Convention of 1992 entered into force on 5 December 1994, following the deposit of the twelfth instrument of ratification.

Currently, thirty-three States are party to the Convention that provides mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States parties to the Convention and/or OSCE participating States.