I. PREAMBLE

ArbitralWomen is an international non-governmental organisation with the primary objective of promoting and supporting female practitioners in international dispute resolution. It is a professional organisation connecting female practitioners involved in every dispute resolution related field and role. Our Website provides information about female practitioners from jurisdictions around the world, including recent developments concerning women in international dispute resolution, as well as news, photos, videos, publications and promotion of dispute resolution events.

ArbitralWomen is an association registered under the French Law of July 1901 and domiciled at Ordre des Avocats de Paris, Bureau des Associations, 4 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

II. DEFINITIONS

The following capitalised words are defined herein as follows:

“ArbitralWomen”, “We” or “Our” means the ArbitralWomen association.

“Website” means ArbitralWomen website, including the intranet, available at arbitralwomen.org.

“You”, or “Your” or “User” means any person who navigates the Website and uses its Services, and who is legally bound. 

“Member” means a female dispute resolution practitioner registered with ArbitralWomen, whose application has been approved by ArbitralWomen and whose membership is paid-up.

“Login Information” means the unique username and password chosen by a Member when registering or modified thereafter by the Member.

“Terms” refers collectively to the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy, this Membership Agreement and the Terms of Use contained on the Website.

“Content” means all data, material, documents, news, photos, videos, publications, or any other information uploaded or provided to the Website by Members.

III. GENERAL TERMS

1. Binding Agreement

The present Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between any Member and ArbitralWomen regarding the use of and access to the Members’ section of the Website and the membership to ArbitralWomen.

The Members’ section of the ArbitralWomen Website is comprised of various webpages operated by ArbitralWomen. You may navigate the Website conditionally upon Your acceptance without modification of the Terms. Your use of the Members’ section of the Website constitutes Your agreement to all Terms and supersedes any prior agreements. Should You not agree to these Terms, You may not use the Members’ section of the Website nor its features.

ArbitralWomen's performance of these Terms is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained therein is in derogation thereof.

Members agree that no partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between them and ArbitralWomen as a result of these Terms, Membership or the use of the Website.

The Website, these Terms and all related documents are in English, and communications are mainly in English. However, Content may be posted in other languages.

2. Modification of these Terms

ArbitralWomen may revise these Terms at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion. The revised or amended Terms shall be effective upon posting. If you have subscribed to receive our newsletters and/or information about our events, you will be informed of any change and we may, as the case may be, require your consent to continue sending you emails.

The last update of these Terms has been made in March 2025.

3. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in part or in whole pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid and enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the Terms shall continue to be in effect.

4. Access Restriction

Use of the Website and membership to ArbitralWomen is not authorised in any jurisdiction that does not give full effect to the provisions of these Terms.

In the event a Member fails to comply with these Terms, ArbitralWomen shall have the right to terminate such Member’s access to the Website and membership to ArbitralWomen.

5. No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

Members warrant and agree that, while using the Website and the services, features and functionalities offered on or through the Website, they shall not, without limitation:

1. Use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms;
2. Use the Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website;
3. Obtain or attempt to obtain any material or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website;
4. Make available in any way any Content that is unlawful, harmful, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, discriminatory, vulgar, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, threatening or otherwise violating legal rights;
5. Harm minors in any way;
6. Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent their affiliation with a person or entity;
7. Forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through ArbitralWomen;
8. Make available in any way any Content that Members do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
9. Make available in any way any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
10. Make available in any way any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam or chain letters;
11. Make available in any way any Content that contains software viruses, corrupted files or any other computer code, files or programmes designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
12. Harvest or otherwise collect information about Members, including email addresses, without their consent;
13. Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular communication service;
14. Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law;
15. Download, copy or use personal data for commercial purposes or for advertising;
16. Transmit lists of Members, unless prior written authorisation is duly provided by ArbitralWomen’s Board.

Members acknowledge that, upon discovering any violation, ArbitralWomen shall have the right, immediately and without prior notice, to remove any Content that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

ArbitralWomen further reserves the right to terminate access to the Website of any Member who violates these Terms.

6. Intellectual Property

ArbitralWomen Website is protected by intellectual property rights. All rights reserved.

ArbitralWomen owns without limitation:

• All rights and interest in the Website;
• All material including illustrations, graphics, videos, texts, software, codes, data and materials, and the design and construction of the Website;
• All copyrights, trademark, patent, database, moral, and sui generis rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein.

Your use of the Website does not grant You any rights on any of ArbitralWomen’s rights.

All names, company names, logos, service and/or trademarks mentioned, displayed, cited or otherwise indicated on the Website are the property of their respective owners.

ArbitralWomen does not claim ownership of the Content posted on the Website.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting Content You grant ArbitralWomen and the Website users permission to download or transmit the Content, but not to distribute or display it on other websites or media, or to reproduce, edit, translate, reformat or publish said Content, unless expressly so authorised by the intellectual property rights holder.

ArbitralWomen respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that Members and partners do the same.

If You believe that Your work has been copied in a way that infringes Your intellectual property rights, please forward the following information via the “Contact us” link:

• Your address, telephone number and email address;
• A description of the protected work that You claim has been infringed;
• A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
• A statement by You that You have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorised by You, the holder of the intellectual property rights, its agent, or by law;
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the holder of the intellectual property rights; and
• A statement by You that the above information is accurate and that You are the holder of the intellectual property rights or authorised to act on behalf of the holder of the intellectual property rights.

7. Limitations of Liability

ArbitralWomen only provides the infrastructure to host information regarding Members’ practice in international dispute resolution and has limited liability in its capacity as a hosting provider under EU law.

In no event shall ArbitralWomen or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, parents, affiliates, successors, assigns or service providers assume responsibility or be liable for any direct or indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to any computer virus, loss of profits, alleged loss of credibility or damage to personal image, use, data or other intangible losses, or any other inconvenience resulting from or in connection with the use of or the inability to use the Website, reliance on the Website, or the Content, materials and functions related thereto, or any other matter relating to this Website, including, without limitation, any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption or defect.

Members and partners expressly understand and agree that ArbitralWomen shall in no way be liable to them under any circumstances. By agreeing to use the Website, Members and partners agree to defend, indemnify and hold ArbitralWomen, its officers, directors and employees harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in any way from the use of the Website or through it.

The Website is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty or condition of any kind, either express or implied. Without limitation of the foregoing ArbitralWomen specifically disclaims any and all warranties, including, but not limited to any warranties concerning the availability, accuracy, appropriateness, reliability, timeliness, usefulness, or other of the Website, including but not limited to the online services and web files, and the Content thereon, and any warranties of title, warranty of non-infringement, warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

ArbitralWomen does not guarantee that the information and/or the material on its Website is free from software viruses or the like. ArbitralWomen assumes no responsibility or liability for direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of profit or any other inconvenience caused on account of any such viruses or the like.

The information on the Website shall in no event be considered or relied upon as legal advice.

No ArbitralWomen Member, partner or User or any other person is authorised to represent ArbitralWomen or speak on behalf of ArbitralWomen’s Board unless expressly set out in our By-Laws or otherwise agreed in writing.

IV. MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERS DUTIES

1. Members’ Registration

Female practitioners in any dispute resolution related role wishing to become Members of ArbitralWomen may apply directly online under “Membership” available here https://www.arbitralwomen.org/membership/apply-now, by:

1. Completing an application by providing all information requested in the Application Form,
2. Uploading a résumé (curriculum vitae) and a photo, and
3. Paying the applicable annual membership fee upon approval of joining ArbitralWomen.

Membership is conditional upon fulfilling these three conditions.

When and if applications are approved, Members may access their profile and the features available on the Website’s intranet. They must then complete all fields in their profile. They can also upload or provide links to any articles they have published.

ArbitralWomen reserves the right to approve or refuse a new Member, primarily if the applicant is not a woman or not a practitioner in a dispute resolution related field.

Companies may subscribe to an ArbitralWomen Corporate Membership directly online under “Membership” available here https://www.arbitralwomen.org/membership/corporate-membership.

2. Personal Login Information

Registered Members shall keep their personal information up to date and the access to their profile secure.

1. Members shall not provide any false personal information on the Website, or create an account for any other person without authorisation from ArbitralWomen.
2. Members shall not create more than one Member account.
3. If ArbitralWomen disables a Member’s account, the Member shall not create another one.
4. If a Member selects an inappropriate username for any reason, including a potential trademark violation, ArbitralWomen will require the Member to change it, failing which the Member’s account may be deleted.
5. Members’ Login Information must be kept confidential and may not be shared with any third party under any circumstances; if the Member shares Login Information with a personal assistant, the Member must ensure that said personal assistant complies with the same obligations of confidentiality and these Terms.
6. Members must take appropriate security measures to maintain the confidentiality of the Login Information, they must log out before leaving their computer and close the Internet browser, especially when they are using a non-personal or public computer.
7. Members must immediately change their Login Information in the event that their Login Information has been disclosed to an unauthorised person.
8. Members must immediately inform ArbitralWomen if they become aware of or believe that their Login Information has been used by an unauthorised person.

ArbitralWomen is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft, misappropriation, disclosure or unauthorised use of Members’ Login Information.

3. Members’ Uploaded Data and Content

Members are exclusively responsible for the information they include in their profile or subsequently modify. The purpose of the Website is to make Members’ information available to the general public and to other practitioners in dispute resolution related roles.

Members agree that all information, data, text, photographs, material, publications or other content uploaded under their profile, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated. ArbitralWomen shall not be liable for any data or content that Members upload, , transmit or otherwise make available via the Website, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any data or content.

ArbitralWomen does not control the data or the Content uploaded on the Website by Members and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality thereof, the timeliness or the availability of any data posted on or via the Website.

ArbitralWomen does not necessarily espouse or endorse any of the ideas or information posted on its Website.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting material on ArbitralWomen’s Website, You warrant and represent that You own or otherwise control all of the rights on the material including, without limitation, all rights necessary for You to provide, upload, input or submit the material, and that the usage and publication of such data and content does not violate these Terms, does not breach any applicable laws or regulation and will not and could not violate any rights of, or cause or could cause injury to, any third person or entity.

In case of any infringement to the above, the Member infringing these Terms shall be solely responsible.

V. JURISDICTION AND CHOICE OF LAW

These Terms and the relationship between the Member or the User and ArbitralWomen shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of France without regard to conflict of law provisions. Subject to questions of public policy, any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms and/or the use of the Website shall be first amicably settled.

If no amicable settlement is reached after a period of 30 days, the courts of Paris, France shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the dispute.

VI. CONTACT

For any question or comment, please post your message under "Contact us".