The Challenge of Ensuring Due Process: Perspectives from the Bucharest Arbitration Days 2025

Dificultatea garantării unui proces echitabil: Perspective din cadrul Bucharest Arbitration Days 2025

Iulian CHETREANU

ABSTRACT

The sixth edition of the Bucharest Arbitration Days was held on 5-6 June 2025, under the overarching theme: "Reassessing Access to Justice and Due Process in International Arbitration." The event featured seven thematic panels, including a dedicated session by the Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners (YRAP), each examining the principle of due process from distinct angles.

The discussions were organised around two main analytical axes. First, the debates focused on the roles of various actors (arbitrators, counsel, experts, and domestic courts) and their respective responsibilities in safeguarding procedural fairness. Second, attention was given to the structural or contextual factors potentially impairing due process, such as party inequality (e.g., disparities in...