28 Oct 2025 King Hamad Lecture for Neutral Justice

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The Assurance of Neutrality
The Assurance of Neutrality

Established by legislative decree in 2024, the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC) is a unique dispute resolution mechanism in the MENA region.

News

07 November 2025

Future of International Commercial Courts Conference brings together global judicial leaders in Bahrain

Manama, Nov. 7 (BNA): The Council for International Dispute Resolution, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), and the Global Justice Bay hosted a conference, “The Future of International Commercial Courts: Towards Transnational Justice,” at the Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain. This pivotal event followed the launch of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC), a unique bilingual institution […]

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06 November 2025

BBS Chairman: Bahrain International Commercial Court reflects Kingdom’s commitment to keeping pace with global developments in trade and arbitration

Manama, Nov. 6 (BNA): Salah Ahmed Al Midfa, Chairman of the Bahrain Bar Society (BBS), emphasised that the establishment of the Bahrain International Commercial Court represents a strategic step towards consolidating the Kingdom’s position among leading nations in international commercial dispute resolution. He said it reflects the Kingdom of Bahrain’s commitment to developing an advanced […]

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06 November 2025

BCDR Chairman: Bahrain International Commercial Court a strategic step to consolidate Bahrain’s position as regional dispute resolution hub

Manama, Nov. 6 (BNA): Ali Al Aradi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR), emphasised that the launch of the Bahrain International Commercial Court marks a milestone in the development of the Kingdom’s judicial system and reflects Bahrain’s commitment to providing an advanced legal environment that meets the […]

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Events

06 November 2025

The Future of International Commercial Courts: Towards Transnational Justice

Closing Remarks by His Excellency Mr Murali Pillai Senior Minister of State for Law Ministry of Law, Singapore  Bilateralism in Action: Singapore – Bahrain In the Closing Remarks, His Excellency Mr Murali Pillai presents the BICC as bilateralism translated into usable legal infrastructure, advanced on the premise that interstate partnerships attain their greatest commercial significance […]

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06 November 2025

The Future of International Commercial Courts: Towards Transnational Justice

Keynote by Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji Judge Caribbean Court of Justice, Trinidad and Tobago No Commerce Without Peace Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji’s keynote advances a rigorous proposition: commerce is structurally contingent on peace, and law remains among the few normative architectures capable of securing that condition before violence overwhelms social order. The address begins from a stark […]

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06 November 2025

The Future of International Commercial Courts: Towards Transnational Justice

Conversation with Professor Marike Patrani Paulsson International Commercial Courts: The New Arbitration of 2025 and Beyond Panel Professor Jan Paulsson President Bahrain International Commercial Court Justice Philip Jeyaretnam President Singapore International Commercial Court Professor Joan Donoghue Judge at the Bahrain International Commercial Court This conversation, led by Professor Marike Patrani Paulsson, Secretary General of Bahrain’s […]

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