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UNCITRAL Working Group II exploratory work on the use of AI in dispute resolution
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Working Group II (Dispute Settlement)
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UNCITRAL has no AI-in-arbitration instrument. On a 2025 Commission mandate, Working Group II held a colloquium on 16-17 February 2026 covering arbitrators' use of AI, AI in mediation and remote hearings, to inform a recommendation to the Commission's 59th session, which instead prioritised dispute resolution in the digital economy for future work.
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- parties, lawyers
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- Current version
- Commission 59th session · 10 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 04 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Panels covered arbitrators' use of AI and its impact on recognition and enforcement of awards.
- Further panels addressed AI in mediation and the conduct of remote hearings.
- Outputs are exploratory; any guidance text would come through later WG II sessions.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission 59th sessioncurrent | 2026-07-10 | Commission adopted texts on electronic arbitral awards and Model Law revisions and set future work on dispute resolution in the digital economy; no AI-specific text adopted. | official |
| Colloquium on AI in dispute resolution and remote hearings | 2026-02-16 | First version recorded. | official |
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "UNCITRAL Working Group II exploratory work on the use of AI in dispute resolution" (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Working Group II (Dispute Settlement), Commission 59th session, 2026-07-10), safelegalai.com/regulation/international/int-uncitral-wgii-ai-dispute-resolution-colloquium (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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