Courts and Arbitration: Tension, Trust and Transformation

Presenting the keynote address and the first panel for GAM2026.

The keynote revisits the Alabama Claims Arbitration, a landmark moment in international dispute settlement. It explores how the CSS Alabama dispute was resolved through the Treaty of Washington and the Geneva arbitration, helping avert a major U.S.–U.K. crisis. The session also traces how these events inspired Andrew Carnegie’s “Temple of Peace” vision and the creation of the Peace Palace in The Hague.

Keynote address on The Alabama Claims Arbitration, Andrew Carnegie and The ‘Temple of Peace’ by Christopher Thomas KC

🗓️ February 5, 2026

🕡 6:30 PM