This article explores the benefits, limitations, feasibility and legitimacy of declaratory remedies in international arbitration, focusing in particular on arbitrations involving sovereigns. Section 1 provides the background and discusses the advantages and limitations of declaratory relief in international arbitration. Section 2 discusses the sources of arbitral tribunals' authority to grant declaratory relief. Section 3 touches upon the basic prerequisite to granting declaratory relief in national and international legal systems. Section 4 analyses the arbitral practice of issuing declaratory awards in arbitrations involving sovereigns. Pre-emptive use of declaratory remedies is discussed in section 5.
Journal of International Arbitration