IHNED K ODESLÁNÍ The topic for the inaugural edition of the Czech Central European Yearbook of Arbitration CYArb is a highly interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between human rights and arbitration While providing a broad comparative approach of national tribunals from the perspective of different legal traditions this topic has many significant practical aspects such as service of process in arbitration proceedings The CYArb also features articles by leading authorities from not only the Czech Republic but also Central and Eastern Europe Switzerland and Russia on different topics in international arbitration; The Yearbook includes commentary and analysis of selected important case law where international arbitration and the courts meet from Bulgaria the Czech Republic Hungary Poland and Russia To ensure the integrity and quality of the CYArb it boasts an Advisory Board featuring leading arbitration figures of the region including: Anton Baier Vienna Austria Silvy Chernev Sofia Bulgaria Sir Anthony Colman London UK Bohuslav Klein Prague Czech Republic Pierre Lalive Geneva Switzerland Piotr Nowaczyk Warsaw Poland Ivan Szász Budapest Hungary Stanislaw Soltysiński Warsaw Poland Jozef Suchoža Košice Slovak Republic Vladimír Týč Brno Czech Republic A vital component of the CYArb is the unprecedented cooperation from the leading academic and arbitral institutions in the field: In the Czech Republic this endeavor has the cooperation of the following institutions: – Faculty of Law Charles University Prague – Faculty of Law Masaryk University Brno – Faculty of Law University of West Bohemia Pilsen – Faculty of Law Palacký University Olomouc – Institute of State and Law Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic In the Slovak Republic: – Institute of State and Law Slovak Academy of Sciences A large degree of collaboration was provided by the permanent arbitration courts and other institutions in the region: · International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber VIAC · Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania · Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry · Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic · Arbitration Court attached to the Czech Moravian Commodity Exchange · ICC National Committee Czech Republic · The Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce The degree of collaboration and cooperation from leading individuals academic and arbitral institutions allows the CYArb to fulfill its goal of being the leading Yearbook on arbitration developments and case law for the region The topic for the inaugural edition of the Czech Central European Yearbook of Arbitration CYArb is a highly interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between human rights and arbitration While providing a broad comparative approach of national tribunals from the perspective of different legal traditions this topic has many significant practical aspects such as service of process in arbitration proceedings The CYArb also features articles by leading authorities from not only the Czech Republic but also Central and Eastern Europe Switzerland and Russia on different topics in international arbitration; The Yearbook includes commentary and analysis of selected important case law where international arbitration and the courts meet from Bulgaria the Czech Republic Hungary Poland and Russia