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Working in close co-operation with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague Justice Portal has digitalised a number of the Court’s historic international arbitral awards, making them available for the first time in electronic format.

This is the first stage of an ambitious project, which began in early 2006, to fully digitalise the awards rendered under the auspices of the PCA, established in The Hague in 1899. The Hague Justice Portal is a free and publicly accessible gateway to information and research materials emanating from Hague-based legal institutions. The online availability of these awards, which is of great significance to the development of international law and dispute resolution, will allow jurists, lawyers, scholars, researchers and students free and convenient access to documents that previously only had limited availability. 
 
Sixteen of the PCA’s awards from the early 20th century, together with additional documents relating to those arbitrations, are now available online at the Hague Justice Portal in both searchable PDF and HTML formats.

Click on the relevant case name below to access the full text of the award and other case-related documents that are now available on the Portal.


The Grisbådarna Case  (Norway v. Sweden, 1909)

The North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Case  (Great Britain v. U.SA., 1910)

The Orinoco Steamship Company Case  (U.S.A. v. Venezuela, 1910)

The "Carthage" Case   (France v. Italy,   1913)

Boundaries in the Island of Timor   (The Netherlands v. Portugal, 1914)

Norwegian Shipowners’ Claims  (Norway v. U.S.A., 1922)

The Island of Palmas Case (or Miangas) (The Netherlands v. U.S.A., 1925)

The publication of these seven cases constitutes the first phase in a continuing project with the PCA. To view the Awards of other cases as they are added, please see the ever-expanding list of case names under "Permanent Court of Arbitration" from this link: Organisations